The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
blogs.windows.com
Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL

  • SorteKanin@feddit.dkEnglish
    32·
    1 day ago

    I think it is because Windows has many subsystems, it’s just that you don’t hear about most of them aside from WSL.

    So it is referring to the particular Windows Subsystem (of which there are many) that can run or emulate Linux.

    • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      Wait, Windows still has POSIX subsystem or is it only listed for documentation reasons (it was there at least in old NT days)?