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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by CJefferson on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:49PM (#44036243)
What detects it is running on windows out of interest?

I use WSL extensively, with lots of languages, and I’ve never had anything do that.

It’s running in a VM, so that would be some kind of weird VM escape?

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by alisonatwork on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:41PM (#44036927)
It's easy, it's right there in uname -r.
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