September 2020

What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux – September 2020

Craig Loewen September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

This blog post highlights the WSL updates being made over the past few months, in addition to some sneak previews of our upcoming features and future plans. WSL 2 support is now available in Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909 We've heard feedback on how many users have enjoyed using WSL 2 and have made WSL 2 available to more Windows ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.4 Release

Kayla Cinnamon September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

Welcome to another release of Windows Terminal Preview and Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview is now on version 1.4 and will have the new features listed below. Windows Terminal has moved to version 1.3 and will have all the features from our previous preview release. You can download both of these builds from the Microsoft Store as ...

Windows Package Manager Preview (v0.2.2521)

Demitrius Nelon September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

We have been humbled by all the positive support for the Windows Package Manager. You have taken us from zero to over one thousand packages in six months. This is an amazing start to the beginning of an open Windows catalog. Thank you! Our newest feature is support for installing Apps from the Microsoft Store. Yes, you read that correctly. ...

Access Linux filesystems in Windows and WSL 2

Pierre Boulay September 10, 2020 Sep 10, 2020 09/10/20

Starting with Windows Insiders preview build 20211, WSL 2 will be offering a new feature: wsl --mount. This new parameter allows a physical disk to be attached and mounted inside WSL 2, which enables you to access filesystems that aren’t natively supported by Windows (such as ext4). So, if you’re dual booting with Windows & Linux ...

Building Windows Terminal with WinUI

Kayla Cinnamon September 8, 2020 Sep 8, 2020 09/8/20

WinUI and Windows Terminal have a strong relationship that goes back to the origins of Windows Terminal. This blog post goes into the history and architecture of how these two technologies came together. History The history of WinUI and Windows Terminal goes back to December 2017. This was around the time the first prototyping of the ...

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What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux – September 2020

Windows Terminal Preview 1.4 Release

Windows Package Manager Preview (v0.2.2521)

Access Linux filesystems in Windows and WSL 2

Building Windows Terminal with WinUI

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