it's a unix system on top of a windows system; i know this!
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I still don't know what WSL is for.
To keep developers on the platform, because their own ecosystem is shit.
Honestly if it frees me from MinGW I would be happy
Serious answer,
Windows subsystem for Linux.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a component of Microsoft Windows that allows the use of a GNU/Linux environment from within Windows, foregoing the overhead of a virtual machine and being an alternative to dual booting.
Them tryna suck us back into their dysfunctional os, not gonna work on me Mr Micro
Windows Stolen Linux
Oh no, Linux users are jealous that Windows is the best distro out there!
Anyways...
What if... WSL is a gateway drug to Arch?
Don't do drugs, kids!
Born to Gentoo+i3, forced (by work) to WSL
WSL is just a chroot running under Windows.
"WSL"?
Windows/Sex/Location
Windows subsystem for linux.
Its basically a microsoft linux kernel, running in a hypervisor, with a linux distro built on top. The subsystem also supports xserver and wayland too
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power
Look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power
I think that sounds more like Cygwin.
Itβs so true though
I even look at myself that way whenever I use wsl on my gaming box to hop onto another system. I disgust myself.
Wait, Linux users are elitist assholes?
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wouldn't you be if you spent 25 years hearing Windows admins preaching about how much better windows is than Linux?
I mean, I'm bitter AF about it and give the MS vendors a good ribbing now and again.
If Windows was so great, why would WSL even be needed? unless their whole plan was to attempt to interfere with the Linux market and tempt people who left to come back.
too bad they went full psycho with 11.
When someone ask for help with a Linux issue: π€©
It's a wsl bug: π€
Open source now tho
What's the benefit for that? Can you fork it and run a copy in windows (or is it too integrated in wondows) or is it just Microsoft wanting your free labour (bugfixes etc)?
Mom! Windows is doing EEE again.
Oh yeah, that is true !
Me looking disgusted at myself in the mirror, for I am doomed towards eternal Microsoft-dependency at work.
Still better than cygwin
And msys
God I remember suffering through cygwin at a VB shop back in '17β¦ literal hell
Small blessings. Seeing a WSL user means that some dev out there didn't have to implement Windows support.
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