finitebanjo

I haven’t played with it much but I think it’s moreso to enable developers to use the Linux commands they’re familiar with even on Windows machines, sort of like a Linux flavored CMD Prompt.

The Virtual Machines tho can do anything a Linux can do, but the filesystem remains separate.

For the unaware WSL = Window’s Subsystem Linux. Basically, Windows integrates a Linux commandline within itself. It can also run Linux Virtual Machines using HyperV, a great way for Windows Users to try out distros and find one that they like.

We’ve been making meaningful changes this way for centuries. Everyone in that timeframe who tried violence ended up in an authoritarian hellscape.