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    Craig Loewen

    Program Manager II, Windows Developer Platform

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    A preview of WSL in the Microsoft Store is now available!
    A preview of WSL in the Microsoft Store is now available!
    October 11th, 2021
    The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) preview is now available in the Microsoft Store as a store application for Windows 11 machines! Installing WSL through the store will allow you to get the latest WSL updates and features faster, and without needing to modify your Windows version. Read on to see how that’s possible and what this means for...

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    Install WSL with a single command now available in Windows 10 version 2004 and higher
    Install WSL with a single command now available in Windows 10 version 2004 and higher
    July 30th, 2021
    In the latest Windows Insider Preview builds, you can install everything you need to run WSL just by running wsl.exe --install. We’re excited to announce that this functionality is now officially backported to Windows 10 version 2004 and higher, which will make installing WSL on those builds much easier! Using wsl --install The process ...

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    The Initial Preview of GUI app support is now available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
    The Initial Preview of GUI app support is now available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
    April 21st, 2021
    A year ago at BUILD 2020 we introduced our goal to bring Linux GUI applications to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux GUI applications. We are proud to announce the first preview of this highly anticipated and open source feature! We’ve given this feature the nickname: “WSLg”. Please check out the video below or keep ...

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    Servicing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 Linux kernel
    Servicing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 Linux kernel
    April 16th, 2021
    Note: This blog post is co-authored by the awesome WSL dev Pierre Boulay. Thanks Pierre! 😊 We’ve just shipped the 5.10.16.3 WSL 2 Linux kernel version to Windows Insiders which brings exciting new changes: Support for the LUKS disk encryption, and some long-awaited bug fixes. We’d like to seize this opportunity to highlight these ...

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    Distro installation added to WSL –install in Windows 10 insiders preview build 20246
    Distro installation added to WSL –install in Windows 10 insiders preview build 20246
    October 29th, 2020
    We've added automatic distro installation to wsl --install in Windows 10 insiders preview build 20246! This means that installing WSL is now easier than ever, as now when you run wsl --install all the necessary components that you need for WSL will be automatically enabled, including your specific Linux distro of choice. How to use this new ...

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    What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux – September 2020
    What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux – September 2020
    September 22nd, 2020
    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 ...

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    GPU Compute, WSL Install and WSL Update arrive in the latest Insider build for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
    GPU Compute, WSL Install and WSL Update arrive in the latest Insider build for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
    June 17th, 2020
    There are three thrilling new updates for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in the new Windows Insider Preview Build 20150. The first is GPU compute: a feature that allows your Linux binaries to leverage your GPU, which makes it possible to do more machine learning/AI development and data science workflows directly in WSL. Secondly, we’...

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    The Windows Subsystem for Linux BUILD 2020 Summary
    The Windows Subsystem for Linux BUILD 2020 Summary
    May 19th, 2020
    This year at an all virtual BUILD conference we had many exciting announcements for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)! This blog post gives you a summary of all the WSL news, including what’s available now and what you can expect in the future. WSL’s BUILD news at a glance Please read on below for the details for each item...

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    WSL 2 will be generally available in Windows 10, version 2004
    WSL 2 will be generally available in Windows 10, version 2004
    March 13th, 2020
    WSL 2 will soon be officially available as part of Windows 10, version 2004! As we get ready for general availability, we want to share one additional change: updating how the Linux kernel inside of WSL 2 is installed and serviced on your machine. We’ve heard lots of community feedback that the install experience could be streamlined, and we...

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    Memory Reclaim in the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
    Memory Reclaim in the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
    October 30th, 2019
    We’ve added a new Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) feature in Windows Insider Preview Build 19013: Memory Reclamation for WSL 2! Previously, when the memory needs of the WSL2 Virtual Machine (VM) would grow, either from your workflow or by the Linux kernel, the overall memory allocated to the VM would also grow by allocating more memory ...

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