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It 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
by bzxcvbn 5y ago
It 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.