[Discuss] WSL 2

[richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)]

Y'know how I've been saying that the Windows Subsystem for Linux is
misnamed because there is no Linux in there? That it's more accurately
named "GNU/ntoskrnl.exe" because it's a GNU userspace running on the NT
kernel with an API shim that functions in a capacity similar to what
WINE does on not-Windows?

This is about to change.

WSL 2 will ship with a fully GPL compliant (including patches),
reasonably current Linux kernel running in a lightweight virtual
machine. Reasons cited are better performance, particularly filesystem
performance, and native Docker capability.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/05/windows-10-will-soon-ship-with-a-full-open-source-gpled-linux-kernel/

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Rich Pieri