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Re:Fun with the Windows Subsystem for Linux by asrt on Friday July 22, 2016 @10:15PM (#12148045)
That name bothers me. I understand that people don't want to use the name GNU/Linux because it's stupid and overcomplicated, but in this case there is no Linux at all. This is quite literally GNU running on top of the NT kernel, so why use the Linux name at all?

On a side note, the irony of GNU/NT must be killing Stallman.

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Re:Fun with the Windows Subsystem for Linux by ajdlinux on Friday July 22, 2016 @10:26PM (#12148069)
Cygwin is GNU on top of the NT kernel. WSL is an implementation of a Linux ABI. In theory, you could run a non-GNU userland environment compiled for Linux on top of WSL.
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Re:Fun with the Windows Subsystem for Linux by AWildDHHAppears on Friday July 22, 2016 @10:19PM (#12148056)
It's the Linux OS API. It can run Linux binaries. So I'm fine with the name
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