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by happymellon 51 days ago
WSL2 is. The first WSL wasn't though, was it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

> allows the use of a Linux environment from within Windows, foregoing the overhead of a virtual machine and being an alternative to dual booting.

WSL2 isn't a Windows subsystem by definition as far as I can tell.
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satvikpendem 50 days ago
Yes WSL2 as WSL 1 was just an implementation of Linux utilities. WSL 2 is a subsystem on Windows for Linux, it's poorly named but makes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux.
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happymellon 50 days ago
> makes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux.

But WSL2 is a VM, not just an implementation of Linux utilities

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satvikpendem 50 days ago
In Hyper-V, Windows also runs as a VM next to Linux. So I guess technically both are subsystems of Hyper-V.
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