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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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