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>I don't hear much about QEMU discussed by Windows users. Interesting that you chose QEMU and not, say, WINE, which definitely gets discussed even by Windows u
by LordDragonfang 6y ago
>I don't hear much about QEMU discussed by Windows users.
Interesting that you chose QEMU and not, say, WINE, which definitely gets discussed even by Windows users. And, for that matter, is even more relevant since WSL also isn't an emulator.
As you said, a bit disingenuous.
- lostmsu 6y agoWSL 2 is an emulator (Hyper-V).
- 29athrowaway 6y agoIt is not an emulator. It is a compatibility layer for ELF binaries that implements Linux system calls on Windows, among other things. It uses the same approach WINE ("WINE is not an emulator") uses.
- cmeacham98 6y agoYou're thinking of WSL 1 (which behaves as you describe). WSL 2 actually uses virtualization and a linux kernel. Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-versions#whats-new-in-wsl-2 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-version...
- cbsks 6y agoTo be pedantic, Hyper-V is a hypervisor not an emulator.
- gerdesj 6y ago"Interesting that you chose QEMU and not, say, WINE, which definitely gets discussed even by Windows users." I've no idea what WSL is as such (virty, para-virty, emulator or whatever) but I do know what WINE and QEMU are and I run quite a lot of VMware and Hyper-V clusters. I have a fair few employees who insist that Windows is lovely (mad fools.) They really don't spend much time discussing Linux virty technologies. It is possible I've been a Windows sysadmin longer than you have been on the planet. I'm 50 and 30 years in the saddle.