Re: Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2

Paul wrote:

On Mon, 5/19/2025 8:17 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) is the hacked-up pile of glue code
that lets a Linux kernel run on a Windows installation. Now Microsoft
is open-sourcing (nearly) all of that.
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<https://www.theverge.com/news/669286/microsoft-windows-subsystem-for-linux-open-source>
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So, do you think this is a good sign or a bad one, in terms of the
future of WSL2 and Windows itself? I see that the GitHub repo already
has about 1000 open issues ...
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Even VirtualBox, does not do its own virtualization any more.
It uses the Hypervisor, and your Guest runs on the Hypervisor,
not as a VirtualBox instance. VirtualBox had to add code, so
VirtualBox
would be "allowed" to run on W10/W11. That's why the installer stopped
at one point, and I had to replace VBOX 5 with VBOX 6, just so I would
be allowed to finish a Windows Upgrade run.
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I have VirtualBox 7.18 installed and am running several operating systems
including Win 11 and I do not have any of the Hyper stuff enabled.  I am not
looking forward to having to convert to Win 11.
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