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To be fair, Windows has the Linux kernel (WSL 2).

• bauerd 7y ago
  It's just a compatibility layer satisfying the kernel API (= syscalls). It's an API on top of the Windows kernel.
  • ygra 7y ago
    That's WSL 1 you're thinking about.
    • bauerd 7y ago
      Crazy, wsan't aware of this. I stand corrected
  • hoffs 7y ago
    Wsl2 has complete kernel not just syscall translation
• ygra 7y ago
  Which is basically a VM. It's not that the Windows kernel isn't running even when using WSL.