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You get a Microsoft-supplied kernel, which has modifications to integrate more with the host OS. I'm not going to make a value judgement about it being the real
by j0057 6y ago
You get a Microsoft-supplied kernel, which has modifications to integrate more with the host OS. I'm not going to make a value judgement about it being the real thing or not, but it's definitely not the stock kernel that comes with Ubuntu.
- holtalanm 6y agoThat's fair. True, it may be a modified linux kernel, but it is still linux. To say otherwise would be disingenuous and misleading, imo. WSL1, on the other hand, was just a proxy masquerading as a linux kernel, so I would understand confusion between WSL1 and WSL2 on which is real linux and which isn't.
- j0057 6y agoMicrosoft effectively forked Linux here -- some pieces such as integration with the host NTFS filesystems or Direct3D support are unlikely to ever be upstreamed. Yes it's Linux, but not really. Another way you can tell it's not actually Linux: if something is acting up, where do I inspect the source code? Where can I send a PR if I come up with a fix? It's smart that MS bought itself a Linux foundation platinum membership; that probably goes a long way in preempting trademark claims of the 'Linux' name.