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Actually, I feel like this is the one instance where saying "GNU" instead of Linux is completely accurate, since WSL is not even running the Linux kernel but GN

• RubyPinch 10y ago
  If I'm not mistaken, the view is, a) don't want to provide nice tools to windows users because then they'll no longer have the need to switch to a libre system b) do want to provide nice tools to windows users because then they'll get a taste of how liberating freedom is obviously there is a balance there, and I think GNU/NT might be a bit too far into entrenching-the-user for his tastes, though I can't speak for him obviously. It seems there is no political note on his site for the announcement of ubuntu-on-windows.
• mikegerwitz 10y ago
  Richard calls it "GNU/kWindows" (like GNU/kFreeBSD); I wrote an article with his input a while back: https://mikegerwitz.com/2016/04/GNU-kWindows https://mikegerwitz.com/2016/04/GNU-kWindows
  • kristopolous 10y ago
    I think Gnudows is a pretty catchy portmanteau.
• sciurus 10y ago
  It's not running the Linux kernel, but it's implementing Linux kernel interfaces. Microsoft may ship a lot of GNU software now but presumably the same interfaces could be used to run alternatives like busybox and uclibc. This keeps the naming debates interesting, I suppose.