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

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

  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    You: “Let me explain Embrace, Extend, Extinguish to you”

    Also you: clearly doesn’t understand what Embrace, Extend, Extinguish actually was

    Microsoft aren’t trying to change Linux with proprietary things that only work on WSL. That would be EEE. Microsoft are just letting you run Linux inside Windows, so people who need or want Linux can do it on their Windows machine instead of also needing a Linux machine.

    This won’t stop anyone who hates Windows from using a Linux machine, because this is inside Windows.