Along with a new Terminal app for interacting with command line tools, Microsoft is previewing a major update for its Windows Subsystem for Linux. The new version is called WSL 2, and Microsoft ...

Docker has realized that Microsoft's new Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 has made Windows much more attractive both to Docker and its container developers for both Windows and Linux platforms.

Microsoft declared this week that Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL2) is now available for installation on Windows Server 2022.

After months of work, Microsoft is bringing the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 to Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909. Previously, WSL 2 was limited to the latest Windows 10 update, ...

Windows 10 is getting improved integration between the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and File Explorer that allows you to directly access the folders of installed Linux distributions.

WSL 2 enables Linux I/O to run considerably faster than WSL 1, and WSL 2 supports ELF64 binaries to run. Windows Subsystem for Linux provides interoperability between both platforms.

After users installed the Windows 10 KB4571756 cumulative update released during the September 2020 Patch Tuesday, they were finding they could no longer use the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.

Microsoft is easing the requirement for WSL2. Instead of only working on Windows 10 2004 or higher, WSL also is now available for Windows 10 1903 and 1909 users.

Microsoft's latest Windows 10 preview release for testers (build 18980), announced on Wednesday, includes support for version 2 of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, plus ARM64 device support for WSL 2.

Microsoft's latest Insider Build 20150 allows you to install the Windows Subsystem for Linx 2 via a typed command, and adds GPU compute support via Nvidia's CUDA.