| ▲ | ChrisRR 3 hours ago |
| By microsoft's naming scheme this should be Linux Subsystem for Windows |
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| ▲ | GranPC 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| No? WSL is Linux on Windows — so W9xSL is Linux on Windows 9x. I think… :) |
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| ▲ | mrweasel 25 minutes ago | parent [-] | | WSL is "Windows Subsystem for Linux", so this should be "Linux Subsystem for Windows 9x" | | |
| ▲ | GranPC 20 minutes ago | parent [-] | | By Microsoft’s convention, that would be a way to run Windows 9x on Linux. It’s a bit confusing. Another example is “Windows Subsystem for Android”, which is what they use for running Android apps on Windows. I think the idea is that it’s not a “Windows Subsystem” for X, but rather a Windows “Subsystem for X”. (Edited: mixed it up on the last sentence.) |
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| ▲ | nonethewiser 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yeah this has never made sense... |
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| ▲ | wongarsu an hour ago | parent [-] | | Especially since the other subsystems were referred to as the OS/2 subsystem, Posix subsystem, Win32 subsystem, Security subsystem, etc | | |
| ▲ | voidfunc 25 minutes ago | parent [-] | | It makes tons of sense if you understand marketing and that the brand "Windows" must always come first. |
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