The second iteration of "Windows Subsystem for Linux". Basically it lets you run Linux within Windows and it is implemented by Microsoft: https://docs.microso

The second iteration of "Windows Subsystem for Linux". Basically it lets you run Linux within Windows and it is implemented by Microsoft: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about WSL1 was a Linux syscall translation layer that tried to emulate Linux. WSL2 is actually a Linux kernel running as a Windows subsystem via containerization magic.