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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
- bguberfain 1y agohttps://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-wi...
- nialse 1y agoSo, Microsoft is sunsetting WSL? It has moved from being in the kernel, to mostly in a VM, to not being a Windows component, to being open source. I’m setting a timer for the inevitable "we’re transferring stewardship to foundation governance" announcement in 3, 2, 1... year?
- nialse 1y agoNote: I do use WSL every day, and while it is slow sometimes, it gets the job done and lets me run "explorer.exe ." to open the current folder in, well, explorer. TIL: My rationale for using WSL is the file system integration.