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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by nobody9999 on Monday May 19, 2025 @06:04PM (#44035408)
> WSL1 (the original magic syscall translation vision).

Actually, the OG "magic syscall translation" is Cygwin[0], which dates back to 1995[1].

[0] https://cygwin.com

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin

Edit: Fixed prose.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by rao-v on Monday May 19, 2025 @11:23PM (#44037480)
Absolutely! I remember playing and struggling with Cygwin back in the day… I meant original in the sense of the original vision for WSL.
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