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		kgeist on Nov 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows Subsystem For Linux a.k.a. WSL 1.0.0 relea... >Someone high up at the FSF called the first WSL "GNU/kWindows" What does "k" stand for?

bitwize on Nov 16, 2022 [–]

Kernel. By analogy with e.g., GNU/kFreeBSD, i.e., a GNU runtime on a FreeBSD kernel, which Debian actually made a distro for once.

Brian_K_White on Nov 16, 2022 | [–]

I actually love that. It sounds over the top Stallman but the argument for that name actually holds water.

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