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PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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which, confusingly enough, is a linux subsystem under windows. The name sounds like the opposite.

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xlash123@sh.itjust.works
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Really just an English problem. Read it as it is a subsystem by Windows for Linux.

But yeah, LSW would’ve been more clear. Plus, it’s almost LSD.

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mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Linux Subsystem for DOS

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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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Getting DOS within Linux would be pretty interesting to play with and may get my dad a step closer to abandon windows.

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GreenSkree@lemmy.world
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I think it makes more sense to read that it’s a “Windows Subsystem for (running) Linux (applications/programs)”.

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notTheCat@lemmy.ml
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Maybe it’s some marketing thing? Like their feature MUST start with Windows™ regardless of getting confusing as hell, it may also help not techie people who make decisions and want to still use a Windows™ solution suggested by a techie

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Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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It should be Windows’s Subsystem for Linux.

A better acronym might be Windows’ Linux Subsystem.

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oktoberpaard@feddit.nl
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WSL 1 is a compatibility layer that lets Linux programs run on the Windows kernel by translating Linux system calls to Windows system calls, so in that sense I understand the name: it’s a Windows subsystem for Linux [compatibility]. It doesn’t use the Linux kernel at all. With WSL 2 they’re using a real Linux kernel in a virtual machine, so there the name doesn’t make much sense anymore.

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rtxn@lemmy.worldM
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Isn’t it just Hyper-V with extra steps?

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AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
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WSL2 is, but WSL1 implemented the Linux kernel API in NT, so ran things directly.

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