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WSL original? Are you kidding? The 'L' stands for Linux: it just tries to copy Linux on Windows, providing a Linux environment on an OS that's entirely differ
by midoridensha 4y ago
WSL original? Are you kidding? The 'L' stands for Linux: it just tries to copy Linux on Windows, providing a Linux environment on an OS that's entirely different. If anything, it's a reverse-copy of WINE.
- princevegeta89 4y agoI am not saying the Linux part of it was original, I meant that the first-class integration of a Linux layer into Windows as a type-1 hypervisor and setup-ready/teardown-ready mechanisms along with subsequential ability of having a real Linux kernel in addition to forwarding displays into the host (Windows) is definitely a novel push by Microsoft. You kind of say the reason in your own comment. An official linux environment in an entirely different platform based on NT is definitely a fresh concept.
- midoridensha 4y agoI still don't see what's novel about this. Linux was running Windows binaries directly through API translation long before, using WINE. And virtualization of entire OSes with VMware, VirtualBox, etc. was around long before WSL too. The only thing novel here was that MS was actually directly supporting running Linux, instead of poo-pooing it and making things intentionally difficult.
- princevegeta89 4y ago>> directly supporting running Linux In my opinion this is what I consider novel.