The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
blogs.windows.com
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:

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:

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL

  • yarr@feddit.nlEnglish
    27·
    1 day ago

    Great! With this source code out, I can finally complete the port to Linux. I call it WSL24L, aka “Windows Subsystem For Linux 2, For Linux”

    • steeznson@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      Do you name every FOSS project? This is uncannily close to what an actual open source project would be called, including the logic behind it.

      • 0ops@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        2 hours ago

        Nah, needs more recursion. The ‘W’ in “WSL” stands for “WSL”