Life & fun · September 29, 2026
NSL – WSL for Linux
WSL-style Linux machines for Linux hosts.
NSL – WSL for Linux launched on September 29, 2026 with 167 votes, #117 of 8,097 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
NSL provides Linux hosts with persistent Linux machines similar to Windows Subsystem for Linux. Each machine is a complete distribution with its own packages and services, running as a systemd-nspawn container in a small VM. It automatically opens a login shell in your default machine within your current directory, or runs single commands with `nsl run`. User credentials and permissions are preserved, passwordless sudo is enabled, and host files remain accessible. Services running inside machines are reachable on localhost at their respective ports.
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From the sources
nsl gives a Linux host persistent Linux machines, as WSL does for Windows. Each machine is a whole distro with its own packages and services. It runs as a systemd-nspawn container in one small VM, starts when you use it, and works in your files. nsl opens a login shell in your default machine, in the directory you were in. nsl run runs one command and returns its exit status. Your $HOME , /run/media/USER and /mnt appear at /mnt/host . Inside, you keep your username, UID and GID, and passwordless sudo . A server listening in a machine is reachable at the same port on host 127.0.0.1 . Wayland applications open windows on your desktop. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS Stream, Arch, openSUSE…from frostyard.github.io
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