{"id":470469,"date":"2022-11-23T16:17:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=470469"},"modified":"2022-11-23T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:18:53","slug":"microsoft-makes-windows-subsystem-for-linux-generally-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/470469-microsoft-makes-windows-subsystem-for-linux-generally-available.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft makes Windows Subsystem for Linux generally available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-in-the-microsoft-store-is-now-generally-available-on-windows-10-and-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropping<\/a><\/strong> the &#8220;Preview&#8221; label for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and has made its Store version generally available for Windows 10 and 11 users.<\/p>\n<p>The WSL was previously only available as an optional operating system component, and the Store version provides a similar user experience.<\/p>\n<p>The change means users will receive updates as soon as they are available, rather than waiting for a Windows operating system update.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in the Microsoft Store is dropping its &#8216;Preview&#8217; label and becomes generally available with our latest release,&#8221; Windows developer platform program manager Craig Loewen said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also making the Store version of WSL the default for new users who run <code>WSL --install<\/code> and easily upgradeable by running <code>WSL --update<\/code> for existing users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft will also let all Windows 10 users use Linux GUI apps once they have updated to the Microsoft Store version of WSL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In response to the WSL community&#8217;s requests, WSL in the Store will now also be available on Windows 10 in addition to Windows 11,&#8221; Loewen said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, Windows 10 users will also be able to enjoy all of the latest features for WSL, including systemd and Linux GUI app support!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is rolling out the latest generally available version to systems running Windows 10 21H1 or later and Windows 11 21H2 or later.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/470193-reddit-user-turns-his-windows-11-desktop-into-a-windows-xp-experience.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Reddit user turns his Windows 11 desktop into a Windows XP experience<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Store version of Windows Subsystem for Linux is rolling out to systems running Windows 10 21H1 or later and Windows 11 21H2 or later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":418148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[82841,123,34451,807,26970,70233,64077],"class_list":["post-470469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-craig-loewen","tag-microsoft","tag-microsoft-store","tag-windows","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-11","tag-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470563,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470469\/revisions\/470563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}