“Windows subsystem for Linux software” would probably have been a mouthful.
It’s not really that ambiguous in practice. Linux doesn’t have “subsystems”, but Windows architecture calls them that. 64-bit Windows has a “subsystem” for 32-bit applications. And a separate “subsystem” for console applications (command line). Etc etc
“Windows subsystem for Linux software” would probably have been a mouthful.
It’s not really that ambiguous in practice. Linux doesn’t have “subsystems”, but Windows architecture calls them that. 64-bit Windows has a “subsystem” for 32-bit applications. And a separate “subsystem” for console applications (command line). Etc etc
Isn’t it just Hyper-V with extra steps?
WSL2 is, but WSL1 implemented the Linux kernel API in NT, so ran things directly.