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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source.
(blogs.windows.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 May 2025
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Yeah the naming is absurdly stupid. Its a linux subsystem that is part of windows nowadays. Its so people on windows can get access to a proper terminal interface.
[Windows subsystem] for [executable environment] is the naming scheme. The default is Win32, there's one for POSIX (practically never used), and Linux runs in another.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/41409419
Windows has a terminal interface already!
that thing is a glorified childs toy tho
Why do you say that
You’re going to have to explain your reasoning here.