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It uses a Linux-compatible kernel interface with no Linux kernel code plus Ubuntu's userland. I guess that's why they sometimes call it Bash on Windows. I'm sur
by abrowne 10y ago
It uses a Linux-compatible kernel interface with no Linux kernel code plus Ubuntu's userland. I guess that's why they sometimes call it Bash on Windows. I'm surprised no one's proposed "Windows Subsystem for GNU".
- azinman2 10y agoBecause the main bit is translating Linux syscalls to windows. Which isn't gnu.
- cryptarch 10y agoIsn't the main use of WSL "first-class GNU tools for Windows"? I can't really imagine people running anything other than development tools on WSL, and most of those come from the GNU project.