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Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 Release

August 27, 2019 Aug 27, 2019 08/27/19
Kayla Cinnamon
The time has come for another update to the Windows Terminal! Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 is now available in the Microsoft Store and on GitHub! And for those interested in more detail, please review the Terminal v0.4 release notes. (image) Settings Updates Profiles.json is Now in LocalState The file has been moved from the folder to...

Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 Release

August 2, 2019 Aug 2, 2019 08/2/19
Kayla Cinnamon
Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 has been published to the Microsoft Store! If you have previously installed the Terminal from the Store, you will receive this update automatically. If you've not yet installed Terminal from the Microsoft Store, now would be a great time because it contains some MAJOR improvements and updates! ⭐ If you are ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...