• BarqsHasBite
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    548 months ago

    I can’t be the only one, so WSL = Windows subsystem for Linux.

    • @[email protected]
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      648 months ago

      which, confusingly enough, is a linux subsystem under windows. The name sounds like the opposite.

      • @[email protected]
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        118 months ago

        Really just an English problem. Read it as it is a subsystem by Windows for Linux.

        But yeah, LSW would’ve been more clear. Plus, it’s almost LSD.

      • Captain Aggravated
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        58 months ago

        It should be Windows’s Subsystem for Linux.

        A better acronym might be Windows’ Linux Subsystem.

      • @[email protected]
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        38 months ago

        WSL 1 is a compatibility layer that lets Linux programs run on the Windows kernel by translating Linux system calls to Windows system calls, so in that sense I understand the name: it’s a Windows subsystem for Linux [compatibility]. It doesn’t use the Linux kernel at all. With WSL 2 they’re using a real Linux kernel in a virtual machine, so there the name doesn’t make much sense anymore.

        • @rtxnM
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          28 months ago

          Isn’t it just Hyper-V with extra steps?

          • AnyOldName3
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            48 months ago

            WSL2 is, but WSL1 implemented the Linux kernel API in NT, so ran things directly.