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monadic2 on Sept 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: WSL Getting GUI Support

Isn't that exactly what android is—an alternative UI on top of Linux?

netdur on Sept 26, 2020 | [–]

correct but the mess Android have is somehow direct result of using Linux's kernel, read about Fuchsia and why it was created.

pjmlp on Sept 26, 2020 | [–]

It is more than that, because Linux isn't exposed as such to userspace.

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