Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux

Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by noinsight on Thursday September 15, 2016 @02:12AM (#12503839)

> Wine runs on the host OS, WSL runs apps from linux image. This image is self contained, just like a VM.

Actually (it's been a long time since I last used Wine though, so I might remember incorrectly), Wine is "self contained" as well and there's a "C: drive" directory structure with notepad.exe etc. too, just like the WSL system.

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Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by tremon on Thursday September 15, 2016 @10:46AM (#12506563)

That's a very narrow definition of self-contained though. Wine does not implement its own filesystem operations, it uses the host's filesystem api to access host-native files. It doesn't even emulate a jail/chroot, because the host's / filesystem is by default accessible through Z:\

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Re:Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux by flukus on Thursday September 15, 2016 @02:29AM (#12503889)

I think your right, now that you've jogged my memory.

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