The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
blogs.windows.com
Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL

  • chunes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Normally I would say yes, but WSL is so incredibly necessary for a developer that it might be legit.

    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
      1·
      20 hours ago

      It’s not necessary. I’m a full stack developer and I only use it for docker, which isn’t even necessary as you can use docker without it.