The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source

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Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

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No no of course not, but it’s a compatibility layer for windows inside linux.

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