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Microsoft loves Linux (the kernel), but they hate with passion anything userland that could ever have the dreaded "GNU" or "GPL" letters anywhere mentioned.
by SSLy 10y ago
Microsoft loves Linux (the kernel), but they hate with passion anything userland that could ever have the dreaded "GNU" or "GPL" letters anywhere mentioned.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoIsn't WSL Linux userland running on NT Kernel? Just the opposite of what you said? Sorry if I said something silly :)
- mhall119 10y agoWSL is an implementation of (some of) the Linux kernel APIs on top of the Windows kernel. The userland that you run in WSL is technically independent of WSL itself, but Microsoft provides direct support for installing Ubuntu there.