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WSL 2 (announced May 2019 [6]), introduced a real Linux kernel – a managed virtual machine (via Hyper-V technology) that implements the full Linux kernel. As a result, WSL 2 is compatible with more Linux binaries as not all system calls were implemented in WSL 1. [7] Microsoft offers WSL for a variety of reasons.
Azure Linux, previously known as CBL-Mariner (in which CBL stands for Common Base Linux), [3] is a free and open-source Linux distribution that Microsoft has developed. It is the base container OS for Microsoft Azure services [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and the graphical component of WSL 2 .
WSL may refer to: Computing. Wide-spectrum language, a kind of programming language; Windows Subsystem for Linux, a part of Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows 11 ...
A distro is a collection of software components built, assembled and configured so that it can essentially be used "as is". It is often the closest thing to turnkey form of free software . A distro may take the form of a binary distribution , with an executable installer which can be downloaded from the Internet .
Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux kernel and the systemd init system. The packages, called snaps, and the tool for using them, snapd, work across a range of Linux distributions [3] and allow upstream software developers to distribute their applications directly to users.
Mandriva Linux Free was a 'traditional' distribution (i.e. one that comes with a dedicated installer, [47] to install the distribution to the computer before it is run). It was 'free' in both senses : it consists entirely of free and open-source software , and it was made available for public download at no charge.
Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution designed to be small, simple, and secure. [3] It uses musl, BusyBox, and OpenRC instead of the more commonly used glibc, GNU Core Utilities, and systemd.
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