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That's just confusing, they shouldn't include Windows at all. WSL is a virtual machine running a Linux kernel. It's akin to saying Microsoft Office runs on Lin
by gigel82 4y ago
That's just confusing, they shouldn't include Windows at all. WSL is a virtual machine running a Linux kernel.
It's akin to saying Microsoft Office runs on Linux; you just need to set up a VM running a Windows kernel first :)
- webprofusion 4y agoYes it's confusing and running on WSL isn't really the same as running on Windows. I've just tried it, and it's early days- there are hundreds of thousands of edge cases to consider just to get it really "working" on linux, so it's no easy task. On the other hand , implementing a posix compatibility layer for Windows for just the things you need to support in the browser is relatively easy.