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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 109 points 2 years ago
[-] bloopernova@programming.dev 22 points 2 years ago

I was going to post exactly that, lol

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago
[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 years ago

it runs the date command once per second until you hit ctrl+c

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago
[-] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

man watch

Nice command! Thanks!

edit: md

[-] simpleslipeagle@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 years ago

-d if you're feeling sporty.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

If we're adding dramatic flourish, I'll suggest watch -n 1 'date | cowsay'

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

Slightly unrelated but cygwin will run better on windows (its way lighter)

[-] gornius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Better in which way? WSL2 is a VM running ALONGSIDE Windows, not inside. Its performance is basically bare metal. If you have enough RAM, there is no reason to use cygwin instead of WSL2.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

its complicated please dont blame me for WSL

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 years ago

In that case why don't you just run a VM or install bare metal. WSL strips you of control just like Windows itself does.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

its complicated as i replied to someone else's comment...

im not a "it just works" user too but its complicated to explain why i use windows for now (but ill switich soon)

like im totally a FOSS enthusiast but like...

[-] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

AHHHH "Has ptsd flashbacks from having to use Cygwin on a mixed build environment for a popular MMO that's about some kind of war up in the stars.." lol NOT THE CYGDRIVE lol jk but it did take me back ~5 years.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

i try to understand that...

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Yep, that's what I use as well... in Windows I mean.

[-] lapingvino@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Best option is still Git Bash ๐Ÿ™ƒ

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

most true :3

[-] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Can Cygwin run Linux GUI programs effectively? What about GPU-bound workloads? Would happily switch if the answer to both of those is yes.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

You can run GUI apps but I'm not sure about GPU workloads. Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?

[-] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?

Technically yes, but WSL2 is remarkably close to optimal in terms of throughput. Unlike WSL1 (a type 2 hypervisor), WSL2 requires Hyper-V (a type 1 hypervisor), meaning Windows also runs as a VM once itโ€™s enabled. The Linux vGPU driver still needs to go through the Windows Nvidia driver as far as I know, but that is seldom the bottleneck for CUDA applications.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

true it uses a Microsoft Hypervisor Virtual Machine

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

i dont mind the GUI... but is Cygwin open source? just knowing

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago
[-] superbirra@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

while :; do date; sleep 1; done

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

thanks this is more like c syntax tho its bash im learning c btw :3

[-] superbirra@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

it's posix shell, also it produces an output similar to your post unlike watch, which everyone is rushing to point out as if it were the ultimate superninja haxxor secret tool that nobody knows about :DDD

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