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The blogs claim WSL1 is still being maintained and there are scenarios where WSL1 still makes sense. (WSL1 has better hardware compatibility because it is not V
by WorldMaker 4y ago
The blogs claim WSL1 is still being maintained and there are scenarios where WSL1 still makes sense. (WSL1 has better hardware compatibility because it is not VM emulated hardware but direct access via the NT Kernel, as an example mentioned in other comment threads here.)
This seems like a case where they should have picked a different naming scheme rather than numbers like WSL-A and WSL-B or something.
- pxc 4y agoThe blogs also claim that their strategy for addressing the use cases where WSL1 is still needed is to try to improve WSL2 in those areas, i.e., to pave the way to fully abandoning WSL1.