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That was WSL1, WSL2 is a micro-vm running the Linux kernel and whatever userland you want. Ubuntu is just the most advertised one, but all are equally unsupport
by Kipters 6y ago
That was WSL1, WSL2 is a micro-vm running the Linux kernel and whatever userland you want. Ubuntu is just the most advertised one, but all are equally unsupported by MSFT, support is provided by the distro "vendor"
- cwyers 6y agoBy "supported" I mean "available in the Windows Store." I believe that those are submitted by the distro vendors themselves. And from a lock-in perspective, the userland is all that matters, yeah? If an app runs on Ubuntu, whether it's WSL 2 or in Docker or in a a VM or on bare metal. If it's all the same, then it's not a Microsoft Linux, it's just Ubuntu. Or whatever Linux you want.
- bonzini 6y agoIf it has to run on Hyper-V, then as far as Microsoft cares it's a Microsoft-extended Linux that they can make money from.