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mifydev
3 months ago
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Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are be...
I predict that ntsync will eventually evolve into full blown ntoskrnl.ko and there would be virtually no overhead on calling Windows API. You can almost call it a Linux Subsystem for Windows.
advisedwang
3 months ago
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It would be fun to call it Windows Subsystem for Linux!
sedatk
3 months ago
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which would be the right use of the term. WSL was originally called LXSS = linux subsystem. As I understand, lawyers stepped in soon after.
sunaookami
3 months ago
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They already did the same thing 25 years ago with "Windows Services for UNIX":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX
wmf
3 months ago
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Which is also backwards.
throwaway27448
3 months ago
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The two terms seem semantically identical (i.e., ambiguous and therefore meaningless) to me.
sedatk
3 months ago
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You wouldn't call a Nintendo emulator "Windows emulator for Nintendo" would you.
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