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It 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
by 29athrowaway 6y ago
It 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...