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		andix on Dec 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are Apple Silicon VMs so different? But WSL1 is de-facto dead, although it is still supported.

OkGoDoIt on Jan 1, 2024 | [–]

I still use WSL1 daily. It makes a lot more sense than WSL2 for me. If I want a VM of Linux, I’ll run a VM of Linux. The exciting thing about WSL from the beginning was the notion of actually running Linux processes in Windows without a VM.

ComputerGuru on Dec 30, 2023 | [–]

It still makes more sense than v2 for certain patterns.

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