Comment on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Jrockwar@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In my view it’s a Linux subsystem for Windows.

  Why the name is the other way around, I’ll never understand.

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  • 3abas@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The original WSL doesn’t use the Linux kernel at all, it’s a Windows Subsystem for compatibility with Linux. WSL2 actually visualizes a complete Linux kernel, but the name stuck.

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    • Aux@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The original WSL DOES use the Linux kernel. Which runs as a native NT process (there’s a huge difference between NT and Win32 processes). But porting a Linux kernel into the NT binary is a maintenance nightmare, it’s much easier to run the original in a slim VM.

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a windows subsystem, and it runs linux.

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  • Bezier@suppo.fi ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Windows subsystem for (running) linux?

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  • Stovetop@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I guess the logic is that it’s a subsystem of Windows for the purpose of running Linux apps.

    Agree though that it’s a confusing name. I remember thinking the same thing about Windows Subsystem for Android (the compatibility layer to run Android apps in Windows)

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• Aux@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, as long as your Linux distro is Windows.

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• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah the naming is absurdly stupid. Its a linux subsystem that is part of windows nowadays. Its so people on windows can get access to a proper terminal interface.

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  • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    [Windows subsystem] for [executable environment] is the naming scheme. The default is Win32, there’s one for POSIX (practically never used), and Linux runs in another.

    stackoverflow.com/a/41409419

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  • anachrohack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Windows has a terminal interface already!

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    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      that thing is a glorified childs toy tho

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      • anachrohack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why do you say that

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      • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re going to have to explain your reasoning here.

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• Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not quite

  learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about

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