Run Linux Programs on DOS

I&#x27;ve always thought the phrase &quot;Windows&#x2F;DOS Subsystem for Linux&quot; was backwards. Shouldn&#x27;t it be &quot;Linux Subsystem for Windows&#x2F;DOS&quot;?<p>What am I missing?

<i>&gt; A WSL alternative for users who prefer an MS-DOS environment.</i><p>Hilarious

Previous thread (102 comments): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=28572681" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=28572681</a><p>It seems to be using the VM86 mode of the 386 (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Virtual_8086_mode" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Virtual_8086_mode</a>). So it won&#x27;t work if you are using EMM386 by example.

This is really neat, would it work on ArcaOS or OS&#x2F;2? Are there some limitations on the linux binaries, i.e. addressable space, etc. or pretty much anything that can be compiled with musl would likely work?

&gt; for users who prefer an MS-DOS environment.<p>These people really exist? I cringe everytime I even have to run few commands on Windows when I cannot use gitbash or the likes cause of things.. the ergonomics, the ugly tools, and then (haha works both ways) the totally unreasonable names.<p>I thought even Windows power users were convinced that dos environment is sad and that is how we got Powershell?<p>Please dos environment lovers speak up and defend it! (:

<i>&gt; DOS Subsystem for Linux</i><p>This naming scheme which originated from Windows is atrocious. If anything, it should be Linux subsystem for DOS, not the other way around.

This is really cool, and there doesn&#x27;t seem to be a lot of code in the repo. But before trying to read it… does anyone know how this works?<p>Edit to answer myself: found the answer in this comment from the last time this was discussed: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=28574202" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=28574202</a>

for some reason this title reminded me of my first &quot;encounter&quot; with UNIX.<p>i believe it was the first issue of the german computer magazine IX. it praised the benefits of UNIX over other systems and somehow that got me hooked. i didn&#x27;t have access to a UNIX system but i was searching for it. next i got a book from O&#x27;Reilly called &quot;Dos meets UNIX&quot;. my first O&#x27;Reilly book. it sounded like what i needed, since DOS is what i had, and UNIX is what i wanted. i don&#x27;t remember what i did with that, but i believe the book pointed to some utilities that emulated UNIX commands in a DOS environment.<p>i finally got access to a real UNIX system at university (SUN and AIX) and then soon came Linux, which i installed dualboot, and with every upgrade&#x2F;reinstall the DOS partition shrank and the Linux partition grew, and the rest is history.

Now that&#x27;s some Damn Small Linux!

Just more evidense that M$ brain damaged the entire generation raised on computers...<p>C:? case insensitive file system?<p>Why would anyone who can run linux run this shit?