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Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Is this something to do with the three Es?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

The 90s called, they want their joke back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

1/10 no tutorial on how to jump over an office chair.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Making WSL open source could actually lead to some useful contributions and better transparency overall ; and good for Linux tools?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

nice try. get fucked, microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

some who can read code tell me why it sucks ass

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Great! With this source code out, I can finally complete the port to Linux. I call it WSL24L, aka "Windows Subsystem For Linux 2, For Linux"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you name every FOSS project? This is uncannily close to what an actual open source project would be called, including the logic behind it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

Nah, needs more recursion. The 'W' in "WSL" stands for "WSL"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sudo apt-get assorted -lettuce -cheese -onion

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the kek

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Garbage on top of garbage. The true nature of macroshafts desperate grasp to get control of linux.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Its a godsend when you have to use Windows for whatever reason and you can have a functional OS to do things with.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but.. you need to run it on microsoft, which isn't open source....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only right now. I'm sure someone will have it running on Wine or Proton by next week. Steamdeck subsystem for proton for Windows subsystem for linux

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

brb running vim on windows subsystem for linux on proton on wine on linux.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Just to confuse any computer virus.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

fuck microsoft and windows so hard. had to reinstall that shitshow on my mothers computer because a driver update fucked the whole networkstack... they throw error codes and what not but give no help whatsoever. the conclusion of everyone for every problem is to reinstall windows.... shitshow of an os, keep your dirty hands of linux!! can't wait to nuke it and install linux there and have no windows machine left

[–] [email protected] -1 points 19 hours ago

If you’re having to reinstall windows regularly you’re not very good at being the tech guy. I say this as someone who manages a support team for 50+ Windows machines, and who has been the tech guy for all my friends and family for decades. I can count the number of times I had to reinstall windows on one hand, with a few fingers to spare.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I reinstalled Windows and had to shit my pants because I was so disgusted in myself. Fuck windows

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