3 ms·
Didn't realise WSL used systemd now - for a long time it had its own init system.
by ljm 4y ago
Didn't realise WSL used systemd now - for a long time it had its own init system.
- papercrane 4y agoIt's pretty new, released late September. They still have their own init system. If you are using a systemd enabled distro then their init will become a child process of systemd, allowing systemd to have PID 1. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/systemd-support-is-now-available-in-wsl/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/systemd-support-i...
- CoolCold 4y agoyeah, I finally (for last month or so) can have LXD based Virtual Environments right in my WSL - saves me from using separate VM for just that
- anderspitman 4y agoThe creator of systemd works at Microsoft now[0]. Not sure if that factored into the change. systemd seems pretty heavy for VMs, but apparently they still start fast so there must be ways to optimize it. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering