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Windows Subsystem for Linux

Cluster centers on discussions comparing other systems or features to Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), debating Linux kernel integration, subsystems, and compatibility layers within Windows.

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CodeArtisan • Oct 29, 2018 • View on HN

Microsoft did the same with Linuxhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

general_ai • Jan 25, 2017 • View on HN

It's like the Linux subsystem on Windows, but the other way around. :-)

ld00d • Dec 7, 2018 • View on HN

"Windows pretending to be Linux" doesn't have the same appeal.

pionar • Nov 16, 2022 • View on HN

It's a subsystem _of_ Windows _for_ Linux

hunter2_ • Oct 3, 2019 • View on HN

To be fair, Windows has the Linux kernel (WSL 2).

ScottBurson • Apr 27, 2018 • View on HN

Yes, it's right up there with "Windows Subsystem for Linux".

cma • Nov 8, 2018 • View on HN

Windows subsystem for linux has pretty much achieved this.

hxegon • May 23, 2017 • View on HN

Windows has a linux subsystem now, so it depends on how you define "support"

stantona • Mar 31, 2016 • View on HN

Is this a sign that Windows is moving towards a linux kernel?

e12e • Nov 30, 2018 • View on HN

Windows now run Linux binaries.