DFS <
nos...@dfs.com> wrote:
>On 12/1/2022 8:24 PM, Joel wrote:
>> DFS <
nos...@dfs.com> wrote:
>>> On 12/1/2022 7:37 PM, Joel wrote:
>>>> Branimir Maksimovic <
branimir....@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, you can now run Linux desktop under Windows 11 :P>
>>>>
>>>> It sucks, though, I am here to say.
>>>
>>> It doesn't suck at all.
>>>
>>> You have some other issue. I can load up 3 WSL distros, 3 copies of
>>> Gimp, etc, and have 0 fan/speedup issues.
>>>
>>> Most importantly, WSL distros run extremely fast in the shell and the
>>> GUI apps I've tried. If they ran slow, like a Linux guest vm on Windows
>>> Virtual Box or Hyper-V, WSL would barely be worth using.
>>>
>>> Plus you can read/write the filesystems both ways (without buying
>>> Paragon's app for $20 to read ext* from Windows).
>>
>> It's not some other issue, no, you just don't get it. WSL may have
>> some purpose, but it isn't to actually use GUI Linux apps under
>> Windows.
>
>What's going on here? Do you not understand virtual machines?
>
>A WSL distro is 100% Linux, running in a lightweight vm.
>
>The standard WSL kernel is compiled by MS (but you can compile your own
>too), it uses the ext4 filesystem, X11/Wayland, systemd (later versions
>of WSL), any and all GUI apps as far as I know, etc.