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WSL is a full Linux/Ubuntu?

So you can install whatever you can apt-get/wget into it?

I can see that being a problem in restricted environments.

For a software developer, who can run any software they want (because they need to be able to run the software they’re paid to work on), including software that could subvert all the restrictions anyway?

Clearly you are not familiar with corporate IT and "security" compliance.

I kinda am (though luckily not subject to it), and I find it laughable.

If that's really an issue, corporate IT can have an air gapped repo used for apt-get. I use purely air gapped systems at $WORK and it's not too bad.

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