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Arch Linux Officially Arrives on Windows Subsystem for Linux (linuxiac.com)
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[–] Olap@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nope, it uses the MS hypervisor to run a VM of Linux with a deep filesystem and networking integration

[–] x00z@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So it's like Wine but worse.

And for Linux instead of Windows.

[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

It's more like QEMU actually.