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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by randunel on Monday May 19, 2025 @02:02PM (#44032763)
There are virtual machines for Linux with seamless window integration, so upgrading to Linux is still recommended imo.

OP's statement remains incorrect, because their assumption is that the WSL experience can't be reproduced in Linux.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by dvtkrlbs on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @03:37PM (#44045108)
Still can't run everything. Especially apps or games that does vm detection.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by dvtkrlbs on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @03:38PM (#44045121)
Another thing is GUI integration is not as good as WSL. You can't make Windows windows as Linux windows. You can do that easily with WSL.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by randunel on Friday May 23, 2025 @07:26AM (#44071831)
> You can't make Windows windows as Linux windows

I can easily do that by using VirtualBox with Seamless Windows mode enabled.

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