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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I do agree. It just bothers me that they're trying to pass off emulating a Linux installation (under Windows hypervision) as "installing" and refer to a true install as "bare metal", as if your Windows installation isn't. But it does give new users a chance to try it out.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Virtualization is not “emulating” and a bare metal install is a bare metal installation. These are standard terms. And it’s a hypervisor, no idea what the hell a hypervision is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you might be able to call WSL 1 emulation but WSL 2 is just a VM that's easy to use.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-versions#whats-new-in-wsl-2