only the second version. wsl1 is pure black magic. the communication layer is 9P, which means that windows is currently the only mainstream OS capable of talking to a Plan9 network out of the box.
i think so. it has much better inter-filesystem transfer performance than wsl2, but worse compatibility. so they keep it around for people who need the performance.
until you realise it’s just a Microsoft-flavored VM
only the second version. wsl1 is pure black magic. the communication layer is 9P, which means that windows is currently the only mainstream OS capable of talking to a Plan9 network out of the box.
Oh cool, TIL. And I think this knowledge is niche enough such that
n < 10,000lolthis is really cool, is it still possible to run the first version on current win10?
i think so. it has much better inter-filesystem transfer performance than wsl2, but worse compatibility. so they keep it around for people who need the performance.
Wait what? x)
Do you have a link where I could read more?
the design section of the Wikipedia article is a good start
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