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

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

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!!!!!"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

In my view it's a Linux subsystem for Windows.

Why the name is the other way around, I'll never understand.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Windows subsystem for (running) linux?

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