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I'll never understand the name - "Windows Subsystem for Linux" sounds like a way to run Windows on Linux, not the other way around.
by nsxwolf 4y ago
I'll never understand the name - "Windows Subsystem for Linux" sounds like a way to run Windows on Linux, not the other way around.
- sedatk 4y agoMarketing.
- feldrim 4y agoWindows is based on kernel + NT subsystems, such as console and Win32. There used to be a Unix subsystem too. That's why it's called like that. "Windows subsystem for X" makes sense only with historical context.
- wolpoli 4y agoIt's still not very clear why it started out this way. After all, Subsystem for X, with Windows implied, would have worked too.
- feldrim 4y agoYep. It could have been the other way of course. If it was LSW, I wonder, would people ask the same question? We'll never know, until they decide to do another renaming op.
- acrispino 4y ago> Because we don't own the trademark for Linux and so can't lead our product name with it. Try Windows' Subsystem for Linux instead https://twitter.com/richturn_ms/status/981916165969625088 https://twitter.com/richturn_ms/status/981916165969625088