https://dfarq.homeip.net/is-windows-unix-based/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-windows-unix-based David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:50:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/is-windows-unix-based/#comment-55414 Tue, 09 Jun 2020 14:10:37 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=23738#comment-55414 The original Windows Subsystem for Linux uses a translation layer. WSL2, which has been available to Windows Insiders for a while and recently became generally available (well, once the compatibility hold for most Intel processors has been resolved) with the Spring 2020 update to Windows, uses an actual Linux kernel running in a virtual machine.

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