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Also, Linux emulation is probably a lot easier to implement, since there is complete source code access available. Emulating the Win32/NT kernel syscalls is bas

Also, Linux emulation is probably a lot easier to implement, since there is complete source code access available. Emulating the Win32/NT kernel syscalls is basically reverse engineering, which makes the progress much harder.

SolarNet 10y ago
Hence why WINE is better for emulating older programs. Whereas the linux subsystem is usually up to date.
- ketralnis 10y ago
  The linuxulator tries to be compatible with Linux 2.6.16 (released March 2006). I'm not sure about Wine but at a glance they mention 64-bit support so I'd guess at least Vista (also 2006)
  - asveikau 10y ago
    That's kernel abi though. My guess is a lot of code in glibc in particular handles ENOSYS with some reasonable fallback and so you can have a newer userland.