The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by CoolCold on Monday May 26, 2025 @08:13PM (#44102824)

I'm genially intrigued, how to achieve this, assuming you are on standard Windows Defender setup, not some 3 AV/DLP tools working at the same time on system.

My setup/config has NOTHING special usually - got laptop(s), start bundled Windows (10/11) Pro, run "reset this PC" to ensure fresh like install, use for several years. No magical steps involved or whatever "bloatware cleanup" people do.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by phendrenad2 on Saturday June 07, 2025 @04:57AM (#44208390)

Having had this conversation with Linux users 100x, I've come to the conclusion that some people are just cursed. Me, I use Windows and have never run into the kind of boondoggles that they swear were common occurrences for them: Drivers breaking on update, BSODs, two-hour-long-forced-updates, etc. etc. It just... never happens. Maybe I'm the one that's blessed.

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