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Using WSL in an Enterprise

September 7, 2018 Sep 7, 2018 09/7/18
Craig Loewen
Recently, customers in an enterprise environment have asked if there is a way to install WSL without an internet connection. These companies had some machines that would benefit from having WSL, but don't have an internet connection for security, logistics, or other reasons. Enter: The Microsoft Store for Business We (the WSL team) took a ...

A Guide to Upgrading your Ubuntu App’s Release

July 9, 2018 Jul 9, 2018 07/9/18
Tara Raj
Canonical recently released Ubuntu 18.04 in the Microsoft Store. We received many questions around the various Ubuntu releases in the Store in addition to how best to upgrade your existing releases. With the help of our friends at Canonical, we have created a guide to upgrading your Ubuntu release. We will soon add a short-form version of this...

Windows Subsystem for Linux //Build 2018 Recap

May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018 05/15/18
Tara Raj
Last week, the WSL team attended Microsoft //Build 2018. We had a great time meeting many of you and answering questions at the command line booth. In case you missed it, you can watch out session, Set up a Windows Dev Environment that Feels Like $HOME, online on Channel9. In this post, we will summarize the NEW announcement we made during //...

SUSE’s Linux distros for WSL now available in the Windows Store

July 19, 2017 Jul 19, 2017 07/19/17
Rich Turner
We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install openSUSE Leap 42 and SLES 12 via the Windows Store RIGHT NOW! **Important Note:**** You will need to be running **any Windows 10 Insider build >= #16215 and have the WSL optional component enabled. (image) We’ve been excitedly waiting for this moment ever since we ...

Ubuntu now available from the Windows Store!

July 10, 2017 Jul 10, 2017 07/10/17
Rich Turner
Today, we’re excited to announce that Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Distro is now available in the Windows Store and can be downloaded and installed on any Windows 10 Insider build >= #16215! (image) Note: Because Windows 10 Insider builds are essentially weekly snapshots of the next version of Windows 10 as it’s being built, this ...

New distros coming to Bash/WSL via Windows Store

May 11, 2017 May 11, 2017 05/11/17
Rich Turner
We're REALLY excited about this announcement and think many of you will be too ;) On May 11th 2017, during Microsoft's Build conference keynote, Terry Myerson (EVP for Windows & Devices Group) made several announcements about the Windows Subsystem for Linux: And at OSCON 2017 I delivered a talk on the architecture and history of...

Do not change Linux files using Windows apps and tools

November 17, 2016 Nov 17, 2016 11/17/16
Rich Turner
Update - May 2019 Windows 10 version 1903 has now been released and allows an important update to WSL that allows Windows applications and tools to access Linux files directly. To do this, WSL hosts a new 9P fileserver, which exposes distro filesystems to Windows apps and tools via ! You can read all about the feature in the blog post "What...