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Since this is a UI forwarder to a Windows machine, I don't think so?

• satvikpendem 6mo ago
  Well, WSL GUI apps are just a forwarder to a Linux VM in the Hyper-V hypervisor.
  • happymellon 6mo ago
    WSL2 is. The first WSL wasn't though, was it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux > allows the use of a Linux environment from within Windows, foregoing the overhead of a virtual machine and being an alternative to dual booting. WSL2 isn't a Windows subsystem by definition as far as I can tell.
    • satvikpendem 6mo ago
      Yes WSL2 as WSL 1 was just an implementation of Linux utilities. WSL 2 is a subsystem on Windows for Linux, it's poorly named but makes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux.
      • happymellon 6mo ago
        > makes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux. But WSL2 is a VM, not just an implementation of Linux utilities
        • satvikpendem 6mo ago
          In Hyper-V, Windows also runs as a VM next to Linux. So I guess technically both are subsystems of Hyper-V.