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WSL1 was "Linux API on top of Windows", WSL2 is "Linux VM on top of Windows"

• pjmlp 2y ago
  More like, WSL1 was "Linux API on top of NT kernel picoprocesses", WSL2 is "Linux VM on top of Hyper-V"
  • mycall 2y ago
    I wish WSL1 was open sourced
    • pjmlp 2y ago
      Picoprocesses are based on Drawbridge research, so at least there is some reading about how it all works, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/drawbridge/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/drawbridge/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/wsl/windows-subsystem-for-linux-overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/wsl/windows-... https://www.zdnet.com/article/under-the-hood-of-microsofts-windows-subsystem-for-linux/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/under-the-hood-of-microsofts-w...