Microsoft will ship a full Linux kernel in
Windows 10
Microsoft has surprised many in the Linux developer community
in recent years. Surprises have included bringing things like the Bash
shell to Windows, or native OpenSSH in Windows 10, and even including
Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, and Fedora in the Windows Store.
Microsoft is now going
even further, with plans to ship a full Linux kernel directly in Windows 10. .
“Beginning with Windows Insiders builds this summer, we will include an
in-house custom-built Linux kernel to underpin the newest version of the
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL),” explains Microsoft program manager
Jack Hammons. “The kernel itself will initially be based on version 4.19, the
latest long-term stable release of Linux. The kernel will be rebased at the
designation of new long-term stable releases to ensure that the WSL kernel
always has the latest Linux goodness.”.
Microsoft’s integration of Linux in Windows 10 will interface with a user space installed via the Windows Store. It’s a big shift for Microsoft, and marks the first time that the Linux kernel will be included as part of Windows. It sounds like this Linux kernel integration will be available later this year, with a Windows 10 update that’s codenamed 19H2.
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For developers it should dramatically improve the performance of Microsoft’s Linux subsystem in Windows. Microsoft is also promising to update this kernel through Windows Update, and it will be fully open source with the ability for developers to create their own WSL kernel and contribute changes.
Microsoft’s integration of Linux in Windows 10 will interface with a user space installed via the Windows Store. It’s a big shift for Microsoft, and marks the first time that the Linux kernel will be included as part of Windows. It sounds like this Linux kernel integration will be available later this year, with a Windows 10 update that’s codenamed 19H2.
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For developers it should dramatically improve the performance of Microsoft’s Linux subsystem in Windows. Microsoft is also promising to update this kernel through Windows Update, and it will be fully open source with the ability for developers to create their own WSL kernel and contribute changes.
WSL 2 will be rolling out to Windows 10 Insider builds by the
end of June 2019.
Besides the Linux kernel, Microsoft also announced the company's plan to launch a new Windows Terminal app that will make WSL 2 work even better. The source code of Windows Terminal is already available on GitHub.
Besides the Linux kernel, Microsoft also announced the company's plan to launch a new Windows Terminal app that will make WSL 2 work even better. The source code of Windows Terminal is already available on GitHub.
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