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check out their kernel for WSL: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel.

• jtdev 7y ago
  Doesn’t WSL depend on a Windows host though? Can WSL be used as an independent OS?
  • a012 7y ago
    W is for Windows in WSL, so no.
    • tyingq 7y ago
      Based on reading this: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/issues/1 https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/issues/1 I think the MS kernel would run fine without Windows.
    • lozenge 7y ago
      If I were implementing it, I would definitely want to be able to test it using qemu without Windows.