[pjmlp]

More like,

WSL1 was "Linux API on top of NT kernel picoprocesses", WSL2 is "Linux VM on top of Hyper-V"

[mycall]

I wish WSL1 was open sourced

[pjmlp]

Picoprocesses are based on Drawbridge research, so at least there is some reading about how it all works,

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/drawbridge/

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/wsl/windows-...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/under-the-hood-of-microsofts-w...