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As stated, WSL2 is a full Linux VM. It's a real Linux kernel which means you have 100% compatibility for all Linux tools instead of workaround Cygwin. Also the
by manigandham 6y ago
As stated, WSL2 is a full Linux VM. It's a real Linux kernel which means you have 100% compatibility for all Linux tools instead of workaround Cygwin.
Also the filesystem access is shared. That's why WSL is a separate thing, otherwise you could always just run a VM yourself. WSL lets you easily browse files, operate on the same files, and even call processes and pipe results across both sides.