Jul 4, 2022 · WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2) is a new version of the architecture in WSL that changes how Linux distributions interact with Windows. WSL 2 has the primary goals of increasing file system performance and adding full system call compatibility.

Mar 7, 2025 · Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2.4.4 Pre-release released in Windows 10 News github WSL: Add logic to wait for block device to be available before calling mkfs / mkswap Set pathTranslationStyle to 'wsl' in generated terminal profiles Add support for terminal profile generation udring distribution installation Add...

Mar 20, 2025 · github WSL: Backport WSL1 OOBE support for modern distros (solves #12398) Source: Release 2.4.10 . microsoft/WSL .

Nov 10, 2024 · github WSL: Update kernel to 5.15.167.4 Update to stable kernel version v5.15.167Include an out-of-tree patch fixing a bug in the XSAVES subsystem.

Sep 12, 2020 · WSL 2 has the primary goals of increasing file system performance and adding full system call compatibility. Each Linux distribution can run as WSL 1 or as WSL 2, and can be switched between at any time. WSL 2 is a major overhaul of the underlying architecture and uses virtualization technology and a Linux kernel to enable its new features.

Oct 3, 2021 · I am using Win10 and Linux Ubuntu on WSL 2.0. For testing purposes of some programs, I would like to use the serial port of my PC in "loopback" with Linux running through WSL. Basically I would like a process on Linux/WSL to be able to send/receive data from a Windows process or vice versa, through serial port, but without any hardware hack.

Oct 24, 2020 · Services listening on ports in WSL-2 are accesible from the host machine as localhost:<port> WSL-2 ports are not accessible from outside of the host machine; WSL-2 ports can be made available through netstat interface portproxy or other portforward tools using the ip address of the WSL instance.

Mar 13, 2025 · github WSL: Fix broken /etc/hosts generation and correctly handle empty domain names (solves #12275)Improve hardenning of the WSL binfmt interpreter (solves #8843)Gracefully handle situations where the user's defaultDistribution registry value point

Jun 3, 2022 · Select the WSL 2 distro you are using from the above list (e.g. Ubuntu 20.04 in my case) and Apply & Restart. Now running the version command works as expected in my distribution, and I have all of the functionality required from within the WSL terminal.

Aug 4, 2022 · Docker: WSL 2 integration with distro Ubuntu 20.04 unexpectedly stopped with exit code 1 Hot Network Questions Is there a meaningful explanation for this weird PostgreSQL behaviour of the char datatype?