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

submitted 4 days ago by MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago (6 children)

fuck microsoft and windows so hard. had to reinstall that shitshow on my mothers computer because a driver update fucked the whole networkstack... they throw error codes and what not but give no help whatsoever. the conclusion of everyone for every problem is to reinstall windows.... shitshow of an os, keep your dirty hands of linux!! can't wait to nuke it and install linux there and have no windows machine left

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

I reinstalled Windows and had to shit my pants because I was so disgusted in myself. Fuck windows

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[–] RaptorBenn@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Pretend I'm an idiot (should be easy), and tell me what this all is up in here.

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Means that now anyone can fork the project and make changes or iterate on it without needing to wait for Microsoft to fix things.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Ah, the Linux Subsystem for Windows (MSFT has never been great at naming things) is finally open source, hooray...

Now do it with rest of the operating system, and I may, possibly have a reason to care.

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But it is not a "Linux Subsystem", it is a "Windows Subsystem".

If I write a hypothetical Driver for Linux to support windows, it would be a "Linux Module" not a "Windows Module".

I guess they could have called it "Windows Subsystem for Linux support"

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[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

some who can read code tell me why it sucks ass

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