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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by ComplexSystems on Monday May 19, 2025 @03:06PM (#44033577)
Is it a VM? It seems to be much faster than most VMs I've used.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by cogman10 on Monday May 19, 2025 @03:16PM (#44033683)
Literally built on top of MS's Hyper-V.

IDK how many VMs you've used, but there has been a lot of work specifically with x86 to make VMs nearly as fast as native. If you interact with cloud services everything you do is likely on a VM.

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