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It's wrong because of where the "Subsystem" is, and because you start parsing the sentence with that word. OK, it's a "Subsystem", which is a subset of a syste
by msla 8y ago
It's wrong because of where the "Subsystem" is, and because you start parsing the sentence with that word.
OK, it's a "Subsystem", which is a subset of a system. What kind of subsystem? A Windows subsystem! This part of the system does Windows... and you're already wrong. The Windows part isn't what the subsystem does, it's what the subsystem is a subset of. The subsystem does Linux and it's part of Windows. Saying it's a Windows Subsystem for Linux implies it's something like WINE, only moved into the kernel, if you're old enough to remember the "personalities" concept.
- mehrdadn 8y agoAn alternative explanation for anyone who's still confused: it's one of Windows's potentially many subsystems -- i.e., it's Windows's Linux Subsystem -- and hence it's the Linux Subsystem for Windows, not the Windows Subsystem for Linux. That said, I think their interpretation was likely different: it's the =Windows subsystem that is meant for Linux, kind of like how earlier they had SUA, the (Windows) Subsystem (meant) for Unix-based Applications.