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Not especially new terminology though, they used that 'Windows S... for <x>' framing for the original unix subsystem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Serv
by kevingadd 4y ago
Not especially new terminology though, they used that 'Windows S... for <x>' framing for the original unix subsystem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX
Subsystems are pretty old Windows tech and it's cool to finally see the Android one come back. AFAIK they started with an Android one before ditching it to pivot to WSL. I think there may have been an OS/2 subsystem for a bit at one point as well?
- becurious 4y agoProject Astoria to allow Android apps to run on Windows Phone. Though WSL2 is not a classic NT kernel subsystem in the way WSL1 was.