Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical
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Ubuntu's VP of Engineering says WSL usage on Windows 11 is growing faster than native Ubuntu installs, and could overtake them within months.
  • boaratio@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    18 days ago

    I will never understand why it’s called the Windows subsystem for Linux instead of the other way around? Doesn’t Linux system for Windows make so much more sense?

    • idealpink@feddit.nuEnglish
      4·
      18 days ago

      I don’t like the name but I don’t think so.

      Linux system for Windows = adapted Linux to be able to run in Windows

      Windows subsystem = adapted Windows to be able to run regular linux

    • esc@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      Because their earlier thingy that added partial posix compatibility was called ‘windows services for unix’, they just continued with backwards naming scheme.

      • eleijeep@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        Is it because it’s dropping the implied “running,” as in “Windows Services for (running) UNIX (programs)” and “Windows Subsystem for (running) Linux (programs)”?