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Windows Subsystem for Linux adds pop to release, SAC-T sacked, crypto-jacking apps: It's Microsoft's week

Uffe Seerup

Re: Shouldnt it be LSW, Linux Subsystem for Windows instead

> Shouldnt it be LSW, Linux Subsystem for Windows instead?

No, not really. There is no GNU/Linux in there. The original "core" kernel which was developed to support multiple operating systems (initially Windows and OS/2), for a short period served SFU, has now been adapted to "act as" a Linux kernel. Windows architecture is really advanced in this regard. The core system was created with a flexible process/thread model which allowed multiple process/thread paradigms to be adapted. A Linux thread is not merely a Windows thread emulating a Linux thread, it is a core thread with no Windows in it.

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