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0 pointsp_ing1y ago0 comments

WSL is Linux -- it's an automatically managed VM with some special sauce for connectivity between the parent partition and guest.

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anonymfus1y ago· 2 in thread

WSL2 is what you describe, WSL1 is not.

wheybags1y ago

WSL2 is what people use now though. Saying "WSL is not linux" (because wsl1 isn't) is pedantically analogous to saying "mac os is not a unix based os" (because mac os 9 and under isn't)

p_ingOP1y ago

Of course, why would we discuss WSLv1 in 2025? If we discuss "Windows" today, it's unlikely we mean Windows 2000.

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