Fragmentation is good! Old meme I posted on that site.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2024
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MS so jealous that their biggest innovation in the last decade was ... to put Linux in Windows.
That and ads in the start menu.
Don't forget about AI
GOTEM
Context, please? Not trying to discredit, I'm just dumb
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which lets you basically run linux kernel along side the windows kernel which lets you do a lot of cool stuff like containers, linux apps, whole DEs, etc.
It was pretty cool for like 5 minutes until people realized that keeping windows around was kind of pointless and we should just be running pure linux lol.
It's still a good feature, but it just gives you a direct comparison of linux vs windows which tends to outshine windows.
Maybe it’s me but calling it Linux Subsystem for Windows (LSW) would‘ve been more accurate in my opinion.
The naming of WSL sort of makes sense because it's actually build upon a kernel feature, which hass been mostly unused for more than a decade, called subsystems. There's the 'subsystem for Win32', which is the primary one that all Windows applications use, and then there were also the 'subsystem for POSIX' as well as the 'subsystem for 'OS/X'. WSL was simply a reboot of that technology.
The funny part is that this turned out to be too complex so WSL 2 ditched all that and simply uses a VM running the actual kernel in the background, so the name isn't even accurate anymore.
No, you're spot on. Microsoft is dogshit at naming things.
What's the difference between an Xbox one x and an Xbox series x? Where is windows 9? What the fuck is a Zune anyway?
Kindergarten teacher: "can anyone count to ten?"
Microsoft raises hand: "1, 2, 3, NT, 95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10"
it's one of those niche developer tools that ends up highlighting how fucking appalling windows is for developers .
They're talking about Windows Subsystem for Linux. Basically reverse WINE.