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riedelyesterday at 8:29 PM1 replyview on HN

If wine was LSW1 than this is LSW2


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cheema33today at 7:41 AM

I think this is accurate. WSL v1 did not use a VM, just like Wine. However both WSL v1 and Wine struggled with compatibility issues. WSL 2 gave up and used a VM instead. You pay a performance penalty but compatibility issues mostly go away.

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