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| From | "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2 |
| Date | 2025-05-20 08:18 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <m93obhFce6vU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <100ghnf$1sbnn$8@dont-email.me> <100god6$1tovk$1@dont-email.me> |
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Paul wrote: > On Mon, 5/19/2025 8:17 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) is the hacked-up pile of glue code >> that lets a Linux kernel run on a Windows installation. Now Microsoft >> is open-sourcing (nearly) all of that. >> >> <https://www.theverge.com/news/669286/microsoft-windows-subsystem-for-linux-open-source> >> >> So, do you think this is a good sign or a bad one, in terms of the >> future of WSL2 and Windows itself? I see that the GitHub repo already >> has about 1000 open issues ... >> > > Even VirtualBox, does not do its own virtualization any more. > It uses the Hypervisor, and your Guest runs on the Hypervisor, > not as a VirtualBox instance. VirtualBox had to add code, so > VirtualBox > would be "allowed" to run on W10/W11. That's why the installer stopped > at one point, and I had to replace VBOX 5 with VBOX 6, just so I would > be allowed to finish a Windows Upgrade run. > I have VirtualBox 7.18 installed and am running several operating systems including Win 11 and I do not have any of the Hyper stuff enabled. I am not looking forward to having to convert to Win 11. -- <Bill> Brought to you from Anchorage, Alaska
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Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-05-20 00:17 +0000
Re: Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-19 22:11 -0400
Re: Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2 "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-05-20 08:18 -0800
Re: Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 <jaworski1978@adres.pl> - 2025-05-20 05:12 +0200
Re: Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2 Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-05-20 06:50 +0000
Re: Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-20 09:46 -0400
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