Linux Subsystem for Windows, my beloved
First version: attempt to reimplement the windows API on top of Linux
Second version: give up and embed Windows inside a VM
Wait, wut?
He said Linux Subsystem for Windows, which I took to mean the opposite of Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux
(for reference, look at the difference between WSL1 and WSL2)
Ah. Whoosh on me I guess.
This is potterdung’s ultimate plan.
Explain this to a really new linux user (me lol)
Most distros use systemd to manage deamons (mini apps that run in background / sevices) like e.g. Bluetooth.
(those stuff you have to enable sometimes (systemctl enable my-new-app.service)
You can use systemd-manager to check it out using a GUI
This meme tells „imagine if windows would port Systemd to windows. Winsvc stands for Windows Service
also the creator of systemd went to work at mikrosoft
The argument of Systemd being more and more like Windows-behind-the-hoods.
Explain this to a long-time runit user… (Seriously, I’m lost)
Imagine if systemd was ported as the Windows init manager. (Memes about systemd being inspired by Windows with its bloat).
Systemd was actually a “clone” of apple’s launchd. Similarities with windows arise from the fact that it makes sense to manage services in certain ways on modern OSs. Also services on windows are completely different from Linux and MacOS, they are even a different executable file format, not a normal exe.
I know lol. It was a joke, although I do think that in theory leaner systems like Runit are better. But I cannot dismiss some of the innovation/work done in systemd
What?
