Comment on Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native windowsparentComments−happymellon4moWSL2 is. The first WSL wasn't though, was it?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linuxallows the use of a Linux environment from within Windows, foregoing the overhead of a virtual machine and being an alternative to dual booting.WSL2 isn't a Windows subsystem by definition as far as I can tell.−satvikpendem4moYes WSL2 as WSL 1 was just an implementation of Linux utilities. WSL 2 is a subsystem on Windows for Linux, it's poorly named but makes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux.−happymellon4momakes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux.But WSL2 is a VM, not just an implementation of Linux utilities−satvikpendem4moIn Hyper-V, Windows also runs as a VM next to Linux. So I guess technically both are subsystems of Hyper-V.
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WSL2 is. The first WSL wasn't though, was it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
WSL2 isn't a Windows subsystem by definition as far as I can tell.
Yes WSL2 as WSL 1 was just an implementation of Linux utilities. WSL 2 is a subsystem on Windows for Linux, it's poorly named but makes sense if you take it as Windows' subsystem for Linux.
But WSL2 is a VM, not just an implementation of Linux utilities
In Hyper-V, Windows also runs as a VM next to Linux. So I guess technically both are subsystems of Hyper-V.