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FreeCAD
This is the official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler. Issues are managed on our own bug tracker at https://www.freecadweb.org/tracker (by PaddleStroke)
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illumos-gate
An open-source Unix operating system -- this is a read-only mirror of the official repository at https://code.illumos.org/plugins/gitiles/illumos-gate
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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better WSL alternative or higher similarity.
WSL discussion
WSL reviews and mentions
Posts with mentions or reviews of WSL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-13.
- Microsoft rejects documentation PR because AI chatbots can't display tables
- Windows VBS
- [Bashonubuntuonwindows] \"Veuillez activer la fonctionnalité Windows Virtual Machine Platform et vous assurer que la virtualisation est activée dans le BIOS.\ »
- Why do I get two different results from different PCs
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can't use WSL2 despite virtualization and Windows machine platform feature enabled, and error message says thye're not.
I have found some documentation here https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/536 and here https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq#will-i-be-able-to-run-wsl-2-and-other-3rd-party-virtualization-tools-such-as-vmware--or-VirtualBox and intend to read them fully including the links inside them tomorrow or the day after when I have time.
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There are literally no reasons to choose an iPhone over an Android smartphone
Off the top of my head was this bug that caused a lot of people using vbox to swap to vmware. Just a bunch of really annoying compatibility bugs that made it a nightmare if you were trying to use it like a native linux instance.
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Is Microsoft's CBL-Mariner Going to Become Microsoft Linux?
>and I’m almost certain that when you run multiple wsl distros they are all in one VM, though that may be wrong
Yes, they run as containers.
From https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/1573#issuecommen...:
WSL distributions (instances) are not VMs. They are best described as "containers" running inside the WSL2 VM. Each WSL2 distribution/instance has its own isolated:
PID namespace
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Unable to run any docker container using WSL2
(As I've understood, Hyper-V Management Tools should not be needed when using WSL2, based on: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/899)
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Kernel Panic when trying to install AlmaLinux 9 in VirtualBox
Here https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/issues/536
- Docker for Windows failing to start: "WSL system related access rights are not set correctly"
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