Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 13:10:28 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > On 2026-07-05 23:47, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> >> On Sun, 5 Jul 2026 13:35:57 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> >>> Unless the user needs one of those applications that only exist >>> for Windows. For instance, some tax software for the USA. >> >> Luckily, you don’t have to worry about that particular example in >> your part of the world, just as we don’t need to worry about it in >> our part of the world. 😏 > > That particular one, no, true. I have two or three of my own: > > - purchasing epubs with drm from a bookshop needs using ADE, adobe > digital editions. I thought copy-protection on e-books was a long-solved problem: Calibre can basically crack anything. > - reading PDF forms that use javascript, needs Adobe Reader. Just ignore the JavaScript part. > - Kobo tools are Windows only. Again, Calibre claims to be able to cope with that.