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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source. (blogs.windows.com)
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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

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[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

some who can read code tell me why it sucks ass

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

1/10 no tutorial on how to jump over an office chair.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I don't understand this.

Does this mean Windows programs and exe files will now run natively on linux?

Edit: unclear why someone asking a question gets a 50/50 downvote to upvote response....

"OOOOHHHH!!!!! THIS GUY DOESN'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS I KNOW!!!! BOOOOO!!!!!"

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

[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

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[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

How was it not open source before? Isn't linux gpl?

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[-] MITM0@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Now it's our time to do some EEE

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