• @JTskulk
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    31 year ago

    It is a Linux VM though. At least that’s what I’ve heard.

    • @yaaaaayPancakes
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      41 year ago

      Yes, with WSL2, it’s implemented as a VM on hyper-v. But, that should be treated as an implementation detail, it’s a very light VM, compared to your usual linux VM. And you get the tight integration with the windows side of the machine for free, without fuss.

      It’s very cool that you can have a workflow that starts in powershell, then executes commands in the bash shell, and the results stream right into powershell.

      • @indetermin8
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        11 year ago

        Is that still true with WSL2? It absolutely was with 1, but when 2 came out everyone said: Forget that we ever had WSL1.

        • @yaaaaayPancakes
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          11 year ago

          Yep. When I last had a windows machine at work I used WSL2 and for my workflow at least, it worked just like WSL1. I do know a few things changed between 1 and 2, but I never encountered them.