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for starters, it's not your typical VirtualBox VM running off your host OS. The Linux kernel in WSL2 runs on top of Hyper-V alongside Windows, which is also in
by harrygeez 7y ago
for starters, it's not your typical VirtualBox VM running off your host OS. The Linux kernel in WSL2 runs on top of Hyper-V alongside Windows, which is also in a VM.
Microsoft is leveraging the same technology they use to run Windows on Xbox alongside the game OS, so it's really like an OS with 2 kernels
- mehrdadn 7y agoI get that it's on a hypervisor but from a user standpoint how is that beneficial or any different from just running a normal VM in a hypervisor, is my question? Like I could've already run Hyper-V and installed Linux, so (how) is WSL2 different/better?
- oaiey 7y agoI cannot answer your question. I can just tell you that they brought back Dave Cutler from retirement for this concept found in XBox and now Windows 10. This is definitely not that everyone's VM. And if you do not know Dave Cutler... Well he is a VMS veteran (a system which was also ground up virtualized) who designed the Windows NT Kernel. He is essentially a legend in the field of operating systems and engineering. There is a nice documentation around him.
- anticensor 7y agoMore like 2 kernels and 5+ userlands (Linux native, GNU/Windows, .NET, Win32, OS/2). What is the "game OS"?