Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
by Foxboron on Monday May 19, 2025 @02:49PM
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>e.g. there's no Arch from Arch or Microsoft, but there's a completely compatible third party package that gives you Arch in WSL2
No longer true since last month.
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@li...
Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
by Firehawke on Monday May 19, 2025 @04:15PM
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I'm shocked. They were adamant it wasn't going to happen for a long long time.
Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
by Foxboron on Monday May 19, 2025 @05:08PM
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The main complaint was the market place TOS that gave Microsoft a free-pass on any trademarked assets. The new WSL2 installation way avoids all of this.
Along with the glibc hacks needed by WSL1.
(I was part of the discussion and also very adamant about this not happening)
That said, the kernel they distribute is open source and you're not limited to just the distros they're working with directly. There are a number of third party (e.g. there's no Arch from Arch or Microsoft, but there's a completely compatible third party package that gives you Arch in WSL2)