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And if you think "Windows Subsystem for Linux" is bad, the subsystem that enables the Win32 API is csrss or "Client/Server Runtime Subsystem" and it makes you t
by tenebrisalietum 6y ago
And if you think "Windows Subsystem for Linux" is bad, the subsystem that enables the Win32 API is csrss or "Client/Server Runtime Subsystem" and it makes you think: why does that subsystem not mention Windows but the Linux one does?
- p1necone 6y agoI have to assume the answer to that question is marketing. They really want to hammer into you that you're running Linux on Windows.
- thesuperbigfrog 6y agoAgreed. "Linux on Windows" is more clear to me. The "on Windows" part makes it clear that Windows is the host OS. Many Microsoft's past products used "for $PLATFORM" in the product name. For example: Microsoft Word for Windows Microsoft Word for DOS Microsoft Word for Mac It makes it clear that it was the version of the product FOR a given platform. At first glance "Windows Subsystem for Linux" seems like Microsoft's version of WINE. Maybe we'll get a real "Windows Subsystem for Linux" when the desktop version of Microsoft Linux arrives.