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by wizofaus 1437 days ago
It requires a linux subsystem, true, but not a fully fledged VM. The subsystem still shares the file system with the primary OS, for a start. And while I haven't tried it, the instructions for installing AppImage on WSL (for example) don't look trivial.
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DenseComet 1437 days ago
WSL is a fully fledged VM under the hood, it's just well integrated.
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wizofaus 1437 days ago
MS call it a "lightweight utility virtual machine", and "not a traditional VM experience", whatever that means. Docker also works on MacOS, with a basic linux distro running under hypervisor that again, I'm not sure qualifies as a 'fully fledged VM' (at least in terms of user access to it).
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e3bc54b2 1437 days ago
WSL, starting with v2, is a fully fledged virtual machine, and comes with its own built in Linux kernel. The 'lightweight' part is because resource allocation is bit more dynamic than your usual VirtalBox VM. Other than that, there is no difference.
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