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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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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 227 points 1 month ago (20 children)

I still will never understand why it's not called Linux Subsystem for Windows.

[–] Arthur@literature.cafe 134 points 1 month ago (15 children)

There's a trademark for Linux so Microsoft can't name a product starting with Linux.

https://xcancel.com/richturn_ms/status/1245481405947076610

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 106 points 1 month ago (12 children)

So they can use Linux in the name, just not at the beginning? We're so stupid. Can they do Windows Subsystem for Coke? Or Windows Subsystem for McDonald's? Or Windows Subsystem for MacOs?

Good gravy.

[–] lando55@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] addison@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

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