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		a012 on July 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used... W is for Windows in WSL, so no.

tyingq on July 1, 2019 | [–]

Based on reading this: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/issues/1 I think the MS kernel would run fine without Windows.

lozenge on July 1, 2019 | [–]

If I were implementing it, I would definitely want to be able to test it using qemu without Windows.

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