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Just wondering. Since "Windows subsystem for Linux" is running Linux on Windows, shouldn't it be named "Linux subsystem for DOS"?
by maple3142 6y ago
Just wondering. Since "Windows subsystem for Linux" is running Linux on Windows, shouldn't it be named "Linux subsystem for DOS"?
- teawrecks 6y agoWindows naming is wrong :D
- Lammy 6y agoNT != DOS :)
- plus 6y agoNo, because this is running Linux on DOS.
- maple3142 6y agoThanks, I thought it is running DOS under Linux before I saw you comments.
- app4soft 6y ago> running DOS under Linux What about DOSBox?
- einpoklum 6y agoDOSBox would be the "Linux Subsystem for DOS" using this contorted naming scheme. Aren't we having fun now? :-)
- pwdisswordfish4 6y agoIt is, actually. It just happens to be the same DOS that was running before Linux was started.
- minxomat 6y agoEDIT: I stand corrected. A closer look at TFA confirmed that it is indeed DSL. I was confused by the screenshot which at first glance just shows DOS running in QEMU on Linux. But it goes deeper! Yes, that is correct. Windows Subsystem for Linux means it's one of Windows' subsystems which provides linux. This should be called Linux Subsystem for DOS.
- detaro 6y agoThis is a thing you execute under DOS to run linux commands. it provides Linux. (or at least pretends to do it that way around)
- jayd16 6y agoWindows subsystem for Linux is a thing you execute under Windows to run linux commands. It provides Linux. So what's different?
- throwawaybutwhy 6y agoThe abbreviation would make sense, if it weren't for workplace restrictions on use of controlled substances. On a more serious note, the hack described by the author [0] is quite ingenious. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24556801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24556801