XPost: aus.computers   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 2/21/2026 4:13 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:17:49 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> When WSL1 first came out, some people had Firefox running three days   
   >> after that (on top of XMing.exe). Later, Microsoft made WSLg so you   
   >> no longer had to bodge your own Xorg/X11 solution .   
   >   
   > Now that that’s been superseded by WSL2, which brings a (mostly)   
   > genuine Linux kernel into Windows, it’s only a matter of time until   
   > Linux becomes a mandatory part of a Windows install.   
   >   
      
   What's weird, is they dumped WSA and kept WSL.   
   I guess the Android one wasn't magical enough.   
      
   Having HyperV virtual machines running on Windows   
   isn't an essential part, so the treatment of WSL   
   won't be any different. It's possible that HyperV VM   
   is a Windows Pro feature, rather than Windows Home.   
   I tried to set it up one day, but HyperV wanted to   
   grab the steering wheel away and drive, and I decided   
   that was not my idea of fun. The experiment ended   
   pretty quickly.   
      
   In general, I don't get the feeling that the user base   
   is all that interested in virtualization. I try to promote   
   it, but the general response I get is "that's too techie".   
   The VirtualBox interface comes the closest to something   
   you can use. But it still has rough edges.   
      
      Paul   
      
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