At the Build 2025 developer conference, Microsoft announced that the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now open source. The code is available in the GitHub repository. In a post on the Windows ...

New issue Open Open Does not work on WSL2 Ubuntu 24.04 #2003 oleksii-lukin opened on Feb 23 ...

Currently, the Podman installer for Windows relies on the Microsoft Store to deploy the WSL2 kernel and utilities. This approach presents challenges in enterprise environments where direct ...

PC users can remove Linux from the navigation pane of File Explorer without having to uninstall WSL. Since this is a registry operation, it is recommended that you back up the registry or create a ...

At the heart of Microsoft’s more recent operating system updates, in the cloud and on-premises, is virtualization. By isolating operating instances from one another on the same hardware, ...

The pre-release version had been bumped to a 6.6 kernel, but there are issues to rectify before it's ready for prime time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

WSL2 is a great option if you don’t want to completely setup your Linux machine and just want to use Linux on Windows without having to deal with dual-booting or virtual machines. No matter if you are ...

Microsoft has announced that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) distros are now supported on Windows Server 2022 after installing this week's cumulative update previews. Windows will not install it ...