June 2016

New post and video on WSL filesystem features

Rich Turner June 15, 2016 Jun 15, 2016 06/15/16

One of the most frequent questions we get about Bash/WSL is how WSL provides a Linux-compatible filesystem atop NTFS and how filesystem interop works. Well, wonder no more dear reader - in this new blog post and the video below, Sven Groot explains to Seth Juarez how WSL's filesystem support works...

New post & video on how WSL System Calls work

Rich Turner June 8, 2016 Jun 8, 2016 06/8/16

One of the most interesting things about the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is its ability to run unmodified Linux ELF64 binaries atop the Windows Kernel. "How?" is a question we receive regularly from many of you. Ask and ye shall receive :) In this new post, Stephen Hufnagel explains to Seth Juarez how WSL System Calls (syscalls) work...

Huge improvements to Bash on Ubuntu on Windows in Build 14361

Rich Turner June 8, 2016 Jun 8, 2016 06/8/16

Dona Sarkar, the new owner of the Windows Insider Big Red Release Button has just announced the release of Windows 10 Anniversary Update Insiders Build 14361 to the fast-ring: Start your download engines - this is a release filled with huge improvements, too numerous to list here, but which are nicely summarized in the release email. Also ...

Tmux support arrives for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

Rich Turner June 8, 2016 Jun 8, 2016 06/8/16

In Windows 10 build 14361, available now to Windows Insiders fast-ring users, we've added Pseudo Terminal support to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which, along with improvements to Windows Console's much improved support for rendering VT control sequences, enables Tmux support to light-up your console! For those not familiar with it, ...

Learn more about Bash on Ubuntu on Windows and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Rich Turner June 2, 2016 Jun 2, 2016 06/2/16

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June 2016 - Windows Command Line

New post and video on WSL filesystem features

New post & video on how WSL System Calls work

Huge improvements to Bash on Ubuntu on Windows in Build 14361

Tmux support arrives for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

Learn more about Bash on Ubuntu on Windows and the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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