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This is WSL version 2.0 which contains WSL 1 and WSL 2, and though it's a Windows Subsystem for Linux it's actually a Linux Subsystem for Windows. How are they

• oktoberpaard 3y ago
  With WSL 1 there is no Linux involved, it’s a Windows subsystem to handle Linux system calls with the NT kernel. I sort of get the name in that regard. WSL 2 is just a tightly integrated VM running a real Linux kernel, and the name makes no sense there.
• thefz 3y ago
  > This is WSL version 2.0 which contains WSL 1 and WSL 2, and though it's a Windows Subsystem for Linux it's actually a Linux Subsystem for Windows. 100% agree; I explain the current name to myself as "Windows offering a subsystem to run Linux into". > How are they so bad at naming things? See the whole .NET Core