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WSL1 was POSIX subsystem. And it was replaced with WSL2 which is glorified VM. I don't think that running a VM would qualify as a POSIX subsystem (just like run
by vbezhenar 6y ago
WSL1 was POSIX subsystem. And it was replaced with WSL2 which is glorified VM. I don't think that running a VM would qualify as a POSIX subsystem (just like running Windows in KVM wouldn't qualify as Windows compatible Linux). So they just got out of it, again.
- pjmlp 6y agoNope, WSL 1 was a pico-process based on Drawbridge research. https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Seth-Juarez/Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux-Process-Architecture https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Seth-Juarez/Windows-Subsyste... WSL2 as virtualized Linux kernel is basically what everyone else on mainframes and UNIX world was already doing for Linux kernel compatibility anyway.