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		29athrowaway on March 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Setting Up Arch Linux with KDE Plasma in Windows S... It is not an emulator. It is a compatibility layer for ELF binaries that implements Linux system calls on Windows, among other things. It uses the same approach WINE ("WINE is not an emulator") uses.

cmeacham98 on March 23, 2021 [–]

You're thinking of WSL 1 (which behaves as you describe). WSL 2 actually uses virtualization and a linux kernel.

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-version...

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