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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Moving into General Availab... by inyorgroove on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:46AM (#22874605)
Just like on Mac OS it runs in a VM.
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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Moving into General Availab... by judge2020 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:20AM (#22874783)
soon it won't (at least, not on its own- in the wsl2 VM) https://www.docker.com/blog/new-docker-desktop-wsl2-backend/
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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Moving into General Availab... by pjmlp on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:33AM (#22874855)
It can make use of Hyper-V and Windows Containers.
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