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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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msoad ◴[30 Mar 16 17:15 UTC] No.11390994[source]▶
So what OS you're going to get when you run an application under this? So if I run this:

    node -e 'console.log(require("os").type())'
What it's going to print?
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1. jdub ◴[30 Mar 16 17:43 UTC] No.11391325[source]▶
As WinLS is very much like branded Solaris Zones, here's what it looks like when you run `uname -a` in an (old, copypasta from the web) Linux branded zone:

    Linux centos 2.4.21 BrandZ fake linux i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux