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Is it just me or should it have been named the other way around? This is a Linux Subsystem for Windows (just like there is/was a POSIX subsystem for Windows).
by 1_player 9y ago
Is it just me or should it have been named the other way around? This is a Linux Subsystem for Windows (just like there is/was a POSIX subsystem for Windows).
I thought this was an official WINE-like layer for Linux.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoYou are correct, but since backwards-compatibility matters more in the Windows world than correct, it will likely never be changed.
- j0hnml 9y agoI see what you mean and understand the confusion. Though I think it is called what it is because it is a distinct Windows subsystem, with various kernel drivers and modules, that are for Linux processes. The substytem is still Windows (using Pico providers and processes), and so it is therefore not a “Linux Subsystem”.
- JdeBP 9y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14093517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14093517 , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11391931 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11391931 , and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11417059 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11417059 before having this discussion yet again.