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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by kevingadd on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:29PM (#34060366)
Not especially new terminology though, they used that 'Windows S... for <x>' framing for the original unix subsystem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX

Subsystems are pretty old Windows tech and it's cool to finally see the Android one come back. AFAIK they started with an Android one before ditching it to pivot to WSL. I think there may have been an OS/2 subsystem for a bit at one point as well?

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by becurious on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:46PM (#34060496)
Project Astoria to allow Android apps to run on Windows Phone. Though WSL2 is not a classic NT kernel subsystem in the way WSL1 was.
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