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by yellowapple 2627 days ago
Is this actually a Linux distro, though? I've long held that "WSL" is a misnomer; it happens to be compatible with binaries compiled for Linux, but given that no Linux code is actually present, this would really be Debian GNU/NT.
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What? WSL emulates linux syscalls and vfs, how is this a misnomer?
It's a misnomer because it's not actually Linux (nor does it even wrap/include Linux in any way), just like how Wine isn't actually Windows (if it was Linux, then Microsoft is blatantly violating the GPL). Most charitably, it's less "Windows Subsystem for Linux" and more "Windows Subsystem for Programs Compiled for Linux".