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The dumb part is that they insist on including "Windows" in the name. What other subsytems would you have in Windows than Windows subsystems? The Windows part i
by DJHenk 5y ago
The dumb part is that they insist on including "Windows" in the name. What other subsytems would you have in Windows than Windows subsystems? The Windows part is implied. Otherwise it would not be a _sub_system, right? The only reason it is there is because some marketing idiot wanted more branding.
So the Linux subsystem should be called... Linux subsystem. Searching on Google would lead to type "linux subsystem for windows" and it would not be hard for Google to direct you to the right Microsoft website.
- bzxcvbn 5y agoIt could be a subsystem for any one of the programs that run on Windows. For example, if it were virtualized in the browser, it could be called "Edge Subsystem for Linux". With the name WSL, the fact that it's baked directly into the OS is clear.
- happymellon 5y ago> Edge Subsystem for Linux Except that it isn't for Linux. So what you wrote implies that this is baked into an OS, but in fact it isn't. It is extremely confusing.
- bzxcvbn 5y agoIt's a Windows subsystem. What's it for? Running Linux. It's a Windows subsystem for Linux.
- nobody9999 5y ago>The dumb part is that they insist on including "Windows" in the name. What other subsytems would you have in Windows than Windows subsystems? The Windows part is implied. Otherwise it would not be a _sub_system, right? The only reason it is there is because some marketing idiot wanted more branding. It's not dumb to them. Microsoft is not a tech company. Microsoft is a marketing/sales company that happens to market and sell the software, services and hardware that the company makes.