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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by apatheticonion on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @03:33AM (#44049188)
I agree that it's a dumb name but I actually think it's an apt description of what it is.

We run Linux on top of Windows. Windows is the subsystem for the Linux environment.

Still a dumb name.

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