WSL2 will ship a real Linux kernel with Windows

[Andreas]

Es ist soweit. Halleluja.

This will be the first time a Linux kernel is shipped with Windows, which is a true testament to how much Microsoft loves Linux!

Announcing WSL 2

Shipping a Linux Kernel with Windows

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@Simon Timms

This is an amazing engineering effort, I’m seriously impressed by the WSL in its current form let alone in the v2. I’m busy imagining all sorts of fun applications for this.

@Richard M Stallman

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Windows, is in fact, GNU/kWindows, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus the Windows kernel. Windows is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it.

Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Windows”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is Windows, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Windows is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run.

The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Windows is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with the Windows kernel added, or GNU/kWindows. All the so-called “Windows” distributions are really distributions of GNU/kWindows.

Vorgeschichte und Überblick

Windows Subsystem for Linux Overview

[Andreas]

The new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive - BRK3068

The WSL community has given amazing feedback on how we can improve through platforms like Twitter, Github, and UserVoice. Our team has taken that feedback to heart. In this session, they’ll be showing off how the new WSL architecture will improve your development environment with: faster file performance speed, Linux file access from Windows, better support for Linux applications, and more.

The new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive - BRK3068

– The New Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Architecture [video] | Hacker News

[clemens]

via Want Better Integration with Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux? Try This New Metapackage - OMG! Ubuntu

If you’re using Ubuntu on WSL and reading this from your Windows box, you can install the new meta-package right now. Just run the following command from your WSL environment: –

sudo apt install ubuntu-wsl

[roh]

lol… und ich hab mich nich getraut vorzuschlagen doch einfach ein vm image zu machen wo das ganze dev setup vorinstalliert ist %-)

[clemens]

Mit der Version 2004 von Win10 kommt nun auch WSL 2 ins normale release:

Install WSL

Update to WSL 2

To update to WSL 2, you must meet the following criteria:

• Running Windows 10, updated to version 2004, Build 19041 or higher.
• Check your Windows version by selecting the Windows logo key + R , type winver , select OK .