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int_19h
11 months ago
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Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsys...
Much of the tech was shared with WSL
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(the one that emulates Linux syscalls). But these days WSL2 (the one that runs Linux in a VM) gets all the love.
electroly
11 months ago
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You're thinking of Project Astoria. WSA is a separate and much more recent project that uses a virtual machine like WSL2 does.
ComputerGuru
11 months ago
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That’s why I’m surprised. It’s literally just maintaining a virtual machine image and some emulation, very little upkeep from Windows core. But it does seem like there was an Amazon component to this story.
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