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Re:MacBook Pro Rival with the Nvidia Powered Surface Laptop ... by micromacrofoot on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @08:46AM (#48369537)
well it's a hell of a lot closer than wsl
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Re:MacBook Pro Rival with the Nvidia Powered Surface Laptop ... by int_19h on Thursday June 04, 2026 @04:22AM (#48395750)
WSL is literally the Linux kernel running in a VM, so WSL is actually closer.

But you can have a Linux kernel running in a VM on macOS as well, and while it doesn't have something like WSL built-in, it provides enough foundation for others to build it: https://lima-vm.io/docs/

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