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Comment by GranPC

13 hours ago

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.)

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mrweasel  13 hours ago

> 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.

  • andai  13 hours ago

    > WSL9x runs a modern Linux kernel (6.19 at time of writing) cooperatively inside the Windows 9x kernel

    Pretty sure it's the other way around. But I haven't had my coffee yet ;)

    Microsoft's naming scheme confuses me every single time though: "Windows Subsystem for Linux" actually runs Linux on Windows...

    • mrweasel  13 hours ago

      You're correct: "WSL9x runs a modern Linux kernel (6.19 at time of writing) cooperatively inside the Windows 9x kernel"

      I missed the part that it runs on the bloody Windows 9x kernel, I was to busy thinking about modern Windows.