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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by MarkusWandel on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:15PM (#44032130)
My acid test for WSL2 was to install the Linux version of Google Chrome in it, and then play Youtube videos fullscreen with that. It worked. Somehow WSL1 was the more impressive hack but how can you argue with what works? WSL2 works fine.

Also 1980s style X11 widgets on the Windows desktop in their own windows? Cool.

Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by MarkusWandel on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:19PM (#44032178)
I have to say too, though, once you get the hang of the way an EFI system boots, it's really good for dual boot. I let the Linux installer mount the undersized existing one as /boot/orig_efi and made a new, bigger EFI system partition. Not only was the UEFI on that particular laptop fine with it, scanning both EFI system partitions for bootable stuff, but also, grub2 installed in the new one automatically included the Windows boot in the old one as a boot option.

Cool because nothing about how Windows boots is intercepted; you can just nuke the new partitions (or overwrite them with a new Linux installation). I still prefer a native Linux boot with "just in case" Windows option to WSL.

Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by phendrenad2 on Monday May 19, 2025 @02:44PM (#44033295)
I don't think people are using WSL to avoid problems with dual booting. Dual-booting has become about as simple as it can be, thanks to UEFI, but it's still not exactly fun to have to close all of your open apps to switch to another OS to run just one app.
Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by efdee on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:42PM (#44032498)
But not having to dual boot and just get both worlds at the same time definitely beats having to dual boot.
Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by smw on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:17PM (#44032147)
You get much nicer window decorations if you use the wayland support instead of X11.
Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by hulitu on Monday May 19, 2025 @01:40PM (#44032478)
> You get much nicer window decorations if you use the wayland support instead of X11.

Wayland supports window managers ?

Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by ec109685 on Monday May 19, 2025 @04:39PM (#44034582)
Step it up a notch and see if Netflix works w/ its DRM.