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		kelnos on Sept 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DOS Subsystem for Linux I expect Microsoft doesn't want to have "Linux" come first in the name from a branding perspective.

tracker1 on Sept 23, 2020 [–]

I saw a discussion that it was mostly concerns about the Linux trademark when WSL1 didn't actually use a Linux Kernel with the leading part of the name/term.

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