Article 70P2T Running FreeBSD using Windows Subsystem for Linux

Running FreeBSD using Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Thom Holwerda
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What if you are forced to use Windows, but want to use a real operating system instead? You could use WSL2 to use Linux inside Windows, but what if FreeBSD is more your thing? It turns out someone is working on making FreeBSD usable using WSL2.

This repository hosts work-in-progress efforts to runFreeBSDinsideWindows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)with minimal to no changes to the FreeBSD base system. The project builds on the open-source components of WSL2 to enable FreeBSD to boot and run seamlessly in a Windows environment.

WSL for FReeBSD GitHub page

The project is experimental, and definitely not ready for production use. It's also important to note that this project is not part of Microsoft or FreeBSD. At this point in time, FreeBSD boots using WSL2 with basic functionality, and work is currently focused on networking, I/O, and process management.

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