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Re:The New Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Architecture [... by skrebbel on Thursday May 09, 2019 @01:33PM (#19870280)
if it needs hyper-v, then what's the point? how is it fundamentally different from just running ubuntu in virtualbox with a shared network drive, then? except where the terminal window is?
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Re:The New Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Architecture [... by chrisdfrey on Thursday May 09, 2019 @04:07PM (#19871859)
Because Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor, VMs that use it can be faster; I've found using docker in virtualbox is a lot slower than using docker for Windows (which uses Hyper-V).
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Re:The New Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Architecture [... by orf on Thursday May 09, 2019 @01:53PM (#19870484)
The tight integration of course. And not having to use Virtualbox.
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Re:The New Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Architecture [... by anon4242 on Thursday May 09, 2019 @04:18PM (#19871974)
Well, you won't be able to use Virtualbox anymore.. at least for 64 bit OSes :(
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