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> - Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows This might actually be my favourite use: I always thought WSL2 was a kludge, and WSL1 to be somewhat the ful
by rbanffy 9mo ago
> - Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
This might actually be my favourite use: I always thought WSL2 was a kludge, and WSL1 to be somewhat the fulfilment of the "personality modules" promise of Windows NT.
- dixie_land 9mo agoYup WSL feels closer to the Services for Unix which has been around since NT 4/5. It was sad to see WSL2 taking the path of least resistance, that decision has always felt TPM driven ("we got unexpected success with WSL and people are asking for more, deliver xxx by Q4! No I don't care _how_ you do it!")
- unixhero 9mo agoPersonality was an OS aphorism that went longer back than NT I believe. But my memory is fuzzy on this. Edit! Memory unfuzzed: It was Workplace OS, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_OS
- rbanffy 9mo agoI know that, but Windows NT actually succeeded.