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May 2019 - Windows Command Line

A Deep Dive Into How WSL Allows Windows to Access Linux Files

May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 05/30/19
Craig Loewen
Three months ago, we announced that the Windows Subsystem for Linux will be able to access Linux files from Windows in the blog post: What’s new for WSL in Windows 10 version 1903, and in today’s post we will be showing you how we made these changes possible. Let's jump in! We’re continuing our whiteboard series of deep dives (you can ...

Windows Terminal Build 2019 FAQ

May 20, 2019 May 20, 2019 05/20/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Last week, Microsoft held its Build 2019 conference at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Build is a large event with several thousand people from around the world attending to learn all about the current, newest, and future developer-oriented tech coming from Microsoft. We had the pleasure of meeting so many of you at our ...

WSL 2 Post BUILD FAQ

May 13, 2019 May 13, 2019 05/13/19
Craig Loewen
After announcing WSL 2 last week, we have had an amazing response from the community and received many great questions about the details surrounding this new architecture. We love answering your questions and want to make sure these answers reach as many WSL users as possible. In this Q&A styled post we’ve gathered some of the most ...

Introducing Windows Terminal

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19
Kayla Cinnamon
We are beyond excited to announce Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application for users of command-line tools and shells like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. https://aka.ms/terminal-video Windows Terminal will be delivered via the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 and ...

Announcing WSL 2

May 6, 2019 May 6, 2019 05/6/19
Craig Loewen
Today we’re unveiling the newest architecture for the Windows Subsystem for Linux: WSL 2! Changes in this new architecture will allow for: dramatic file system performance increases, and full system call compatibility, meaning you can run more Linux apps in WSL 2 such as Docker. What exactly is WSL 2? Our top requests from the WSL ...