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There's been a sorta similar thing for Windows for almost fifteen years now, called CoLinux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_Linux https://en.wikipedi
by aasasd 8y ago
There's been a sorta similar thing for Windows for almost fifteen years now, called CoLinux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_Linux
It runs a Linux kernel on top of the Windows one, without processor emulation, so you could say it translates Linux calls and semantics to Windows' control of resources.
However, it didn't gain any significant use, and is apparently abandoned.
- swiftcoder 8y agoHow different is that to what Microsoft is officially supporting via the Windows Subsystem for Linux?
- rhinoceraptor 8y agoWSL isn't Linux, it's an re-implementation of the Linux kernel syscall table, that translates them to the Windows equivalent. It allows userspace Linux programs to run on Windows. It would be more accurate if they called it the Windows Subsystem for Linux Apps. If you give a Linux program a complete syscall interface, it will run (provided it has its' libraries and a libc to work with).