One of the most frequent questions we get about Bash/WSL is how WSL provides a Linux-compatible filesystem atop NTFS and how filesystem interop works. Well, wonder no more dear reader – in this new blog post and the video below, Sven Groot explains to Seth Juarez how WSL’s filesystem support works.
One of the most interesting things about the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is its ability to run unmodified Linux ELF64 binaries atop the Windows Kernel. “How?” is a question we receive regularly from many of you. Ask and ye shall receive 🙂 In this new post, Stephen Hufnagel explains to Seth Juarez how WSL System Calls…
Dona Sarkar, the new owner of the Windows Insider Big Red Release Button has just announced the release of Windows 10 Anniversary Update Insiders Build 14361 to the fast-ring: Start your download engines – this is a release filled with huge improvements, too numerous to list here, but which are nicely summarized in the release…
In Windows 10 build 14361, available now to Windows Insiders fast-ring users, we’ve added Pseudo Terminal support to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) which, along with improvements to Windows Console’s much improved support for rendering VT control sequences, enables Tmux support to light-up your console! For those not familiar with it, Tmux is a terminal multiplexer…
Bash on Ubuntu on Windows has been making a lot of waves since we announced this new feature at //Build 2016 back in early April. But as with any new technology, many people have questions including: How does Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (Bash) work? What is Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)? Is this just a…
