Change my mind: Windows Subsystem for Linux should be Linux Subsystem for Windows

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submitted 3 months, 4 weeks ago* (edited 26 minutes after) by [deleted] to /r/linux (1.8m)

I'm serious. Isn't WSL essentially a Linux environment running on top of Windows, rather than a Wind...

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[–]jet_heller105 points3 months, 4 weeks ago

What does the subsystem run on?

It runs on windows. It's a windows subsystem.

What is the subsystem for?

It's for running linux.

It's a windows subsystem for running linux.

And yea, the naming is shit.

[–]cassepipe:linuxmint:27 points3 months, 4 weeks ago

I guess the problem stems from the ambiguity of for

For linux may mean "for runnning linux" or "made to run on linux" equally. It seems that most people brains tilt towards the second meaning"

[–]jet_heller8 points3 months, 4 weeks ago

Exactly. Hence the naming is shit.

[–]Gangsir6 points3 months, 4 weeks ago

It seems that most people brains tilt towards the second meaning

This is probably one of those things that changes based on whether you learned english first or as a second language.

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[–]jet_heller0 points3 months, 4 weeks ago

No. The subsystem does not run on linux. It is a windows subsystem.

But you get that and are just being a PITA.