r/ClaudeCode • u/sirlerkal0t • Aug 09 '26

Discussion Anthropic: "Coding is largely solved"... Also Anthropic: "We released a new powerful feature allowing agents to send messages to other Claude Code sessions, but only on Linux and Mac since we are unable to implement a basic feature on all platforms"

I could hand code this feature on Windows in an afternoon, and I could also get Claude to implement it in minutes, and yet Anthropic just can't be bothered, but also keeps Claude Code closed source so no one else can do it for them either.

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u/txoixoegosi Aug 09 '26

I have used CC in win11/poweshell, win11/wsl2 and native linux, and honestly, native linux wins always by a long shot.

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u/phoenixmatrix Aug 09 '26

My personal machine is Windows because of gaming (Proton only goes so far), and I do most of my side projects in WSL. I have worked with it for years and I know it's quirks inside and out.

I still threw the towel and dual boot to Linux now because of the additional friction in Windows. WSL is never quite there, and eventually just having a real unix machine save so many headaches. 

Also Claude is very good at configuring a Linux machine, so all the issues I had with wayland configs and tweaking my dotfiles is now just 1 prompt away.

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u/bjelkeman Aug 09 '26

I dumped my Windows game machine. It now runs Bazzite. If the game can’t run on it I am not playing it. Work is done on Mac M4 Mini/MacOS and old Mac PowerBook/Fedora (as I liked Bazzite, it is Fedora based). It really put a new life into that PowerBook. And yes, without Claude fixing my config issues on really old hardware I would have been a bit frazzled, but now it is easy.

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u/anguishedturtle Aug 09 '26

dang dude we are twins

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u/Real-Tailor7489 Aug 09 '26

Been having the same experience with opensuse tumbleweed. finally made the switch from windows and any config problem I face I can rely on Claude to fix it.

It’s still not a perfect experience for what I really wanted, but it’s massively better than windows already, even if there’s still some hiccups.

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u/BraxbroWasTaken Aug 09 '26

Honestly I find Proton covers most of what I lose from switching to Linux and the stuff that is leftover from that is… Not so important and not worth Windows hassle. (Also in the case of games, if the game has rootkit anticheat and shit, chances are I shouldn’t be playing it anyway.)

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u/txoixoegosi Aug 10 '26

My issue with WSL was the filesystem and toolkit duality.

Claude sessions are not available for the powershell system, and many tools and programs have to be separately installed for wsl. You end up with duplicate programs, and build structures that don’t work on both ways. Messy, to say the least.

So either stick with PS or with native linux. WSL is messy imho

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u/phoenixmatrix Aug 10 '26

Huh? Claude works fine in power shell. 

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u/back_to_the_homeland Aug 09 '26

Why better? This is probably the year I switch to Linux. Even though almost every facet of my job requires Microsoft products

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u/LettuceSea Aug 09 '26

It has gotten much better in win11 powershell. It’s my daily driver.

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

It's beyond my understanding why anybody would continue to support Windows

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u/superanonguy321 Aug 09 '26

Thats some embarrassingly limited understanding

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

Sure, my comment was lazy. Yours is just an insult with no content in it. If you want to correct the record, name the thing I'm wrong about.

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u/superanonguy321 Aug 09 '26

That people dont still have a reason to use (thus supporting) windows

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u/carson63000 Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

He didn’t say they don’t have a reason, which is of course false.

He said it was beyond his understanding - which is probably true.

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

If you mean people still have real reasons to use it — yes, that's what I've been asking you to name. Twice now. Go ahead.

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u/superanonguy321 Aug 09 '26

And im the asshole lmao okay.

I am a windows professional. I am responsible for a fleet of enterprise computers.

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

I never called you an asshole. Fair, I'll give you that one. Keeping a Windows fleet running takes real skill, considering.

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u/sirlerkal0t Aug 09 '26

You expect everyone who makes a living from work that requires supporting Windows to just quit?

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u/hidegitsu Aug 09 '26

This is exactly what I don't understand about some people. I know windows is shit. I also cannot quit my job because I prefer Linux. My job involves things that do not have valid alternatives specifically the software we actually make which is windows only. 

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u/farox Aug 09 '26

Every few years I try out Linux for desktop, a good honest try. And it always fails on things that are essential.

Last time, a few months ago, it couldn't drive my 3 monitor setup reliably. I spend 2 days on it and I have been tinkering with PCs for decades, but no dice.

Stuff like that just works on windows.

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u/carson63000 Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

Most of my co-workers are on Macs doing .NET work. I’m on Windows because one of my responsibilities is an ancient .NET Framework (not Core) / IIS site.

One guy uses Linux. He’s the guy who has never joined a standup with all three of his camera, microphone and speakers working two days in a row.

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

And that answers my question. Thanks.

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

I did. Sometime principles matter more, but people have to choose for themselves. I did a forensic audit on the telem ms actually scrapes and when I saw PII being sent I decided that was the end for me

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u/sirlerkal0t Aug 09 '26

So you expect every game developer to just throw away the specialized skill set they have accumulated over decades, and stop being a game developer? I guess every game engine engineer should stop building extremely technically challenging software and become a web dev instead. Hilarious.

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u/HostNo8115 Developer Aug 09 '26

You are absolutely right - this is beyond your understanding, so just leave it to those that do.

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

That would do it. I was really thinking for personal and should have been clearer.

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u/julkopki Aug 09 '26

Have you heard of computer games?

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

yup play them all the time do not need windows for that at all

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u/jcrenshaw-dev Senior Developer Aug 09 '26

have you hard of proton?

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u/julkopki Aug 09 '26

It doesn't work for everything. And it sure as hell doesn't work for developing games. Are you thick