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A preview of WSL in the Microsoft Store is now available!

October 11, 2021 Oct 11, 2021 10/11/21
Craig Loewen
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...

Windows Package Manager 1.1

October 5, 2021 Oct 5, 2021 10/5/21
Demitrius Nelon
I’m excited to share some great news. We’re releasing Windows Package Manager 1.1. We’ve squashed some annoying bugs and added some highly anticipated features. The Windows Package Manager is being released to Windows 10 (build 1809 and newer) and Windows 11 as an automatic update via the Microsoft Store. The moment we’ve been waiting ...

Install WSL with a single command now available in Windows 10 version 2004 and higher

July 30, 2021 Jul 30, 2021 07/30/21
Craig Loewen
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 ...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.10 Release

July 14, 2021 Jul 14, 2021 07/14/21
Kayla Cinnamon
It's Windows Terminal release day! This release introduces Windows Terminal Preview to version 1.10 and Windows Terminal will be updated to version 1.9 soon. Windows Terminal will include all of the features listed in the 1.9 blog post except for the default terminal setting and the ability to edit actions using the settings UI. We are keeping...

Windows Package Manager 1.0

May 26, 2021 May 26, 2021 05/26/21
Demitrius Nelon
We started a journey to build a native package manager for Windows 10 when we announced the Windows Package Manager preview at Microsoft Build 2020. We released the project on GitHub as an open-source collaborative effort and the community engagement has been wonderful to experience! Here we are today at Microsoft Build 2021… We are excited...

Windows Terminal Preview 1.9 Release

May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 05/25/21
Kayla Cinnamon
Happy Microsoft Build 2021 and happy 2nd birthday to Windows Terminal! This release introduces version 1.9 to Windows Terminal Preview and migrates Windows Terminal to version 1.8. As always, you can install both builds from the Microsoft Store as well as from the GitHub releases page. Let's get into what's new! Default terminal You can now ...

Windows Package Manager v0.3 Preview

April 22, 2021 Apr 22, 2021 04/22/21
Demitrius Nelon
We have been hard at work building new experimental features for the Windows Package Manager. We have just released the Windows Package Manager v0.3 Preview. I would like to share the first major feature to exit experimental status. I also have the privilege of announcing support for Group Policy. What's New Introducing Import I have been ...

The Initial Preview of GUI app support is now available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux

April 21, 2021 Apr 21, 2021 04/21/21
Craig Loewen
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 ...

WSLg Architecture

April 19, 2021 Apr 19, 2021 04/19/21
Steve Pronovost
If you landed on this blog, you’ve probably seen our announcement for GUI applications support in the Windows Subsystem for Linux being available to Windows Insiders and looking for more details on how WSLg was built. If so, you’ve come to the right place! Be warned that this blog is fairly long and technical. We wanted to tell WSLg’s ...