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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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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Now it's our time to do some EEE

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 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!!!!!"

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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 2 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

[–] anachrohack@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Windows has a terminal interface already!

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