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GranPC 2 hours ago

No? WSL is Linux on Windows — so W9xSL is Linux on Windows 9x. I think… :)

mrweasel 29 minutes ago | parent [-]

WSL is "Windows Subsystem for Linux", so this should be "Linux Subsystem for Windows 9x"

GranPC 24 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.)

mrweasel 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> that would be a way to run Windows 9x on Linux

Which is exactly what the post says this is. It's running Windows 9x on Linux kernel. It's strangely worded, but from the follow up comment, and the readme in the repo it seems clear that it's running on the Linux kernel.

zingmars 4 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah it makes more sense if you consider the word Windows' to be in possessive form.