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feldrim on Jan 18, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: ReactOS

Windows is based on kernel + NT subsystems, such as console and Win32. There used to be a Unix subsystem too. That's why it's called like that. "Windows subsystem for X" makes sense only with historical context.

wolpoli on Jan 18, 2023 [–]

It's still not very clear why it started out this way. After all, Subsystem for X, with Windows implied, would have worked too.

feldrim on Jan 19, 2023 | [–]

Yep. It could have been the other way of course. If it was LSW, I wonder, would people ask the same question? We'll never know, until they decide to do another renaming op.

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