Microsoft WSL becomes Open Source..

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Published on May 20, 2025 2:29:27 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ulUN14UE4

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Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux just chose to Open Source WSL the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Does this hurt or help Linux users? Let's dive into why they would want to allow for open source dev and dive into the GitHub repo that is now available for all.

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Blog - https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/
WSL Issue - https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/1
WSL Repo - https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/tree/master

00:00 -WSL Open Sourced
01:56 - First ever WSL Github issue
02:41 - Review of WSL Process
04:04 - How WSL Runs and its Services
08:18 - Why are they doing this?
10:53 - WSL Repo Breakdown
13:55 - Privacy & Telemetry
15:53 - What do devs think

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