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    submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 64 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    which, confusingly enough, is a linux subsystem under windows. The name sounds like the opposite.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    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.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Linux Subsystem for DOS

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

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

    There is DOSBox but idk how well that works

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

    I think it makes more sense to read that it's a "Windows Subsystem for (running) Linux (applications/programs)".

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

    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

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

    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.