Microsoft has released the WSL 2.7.0 toolkit update (Windows Subsystem for Linux), allowing you to run Linux-applications in WindowsVersion 2.7.0 marks the second major release following the release of the WSL command-line utilities, background processes for Linux- environments and services for running a virtual machine. Previously, the kernel-related WSL components were open sourced. Linux and the wslg graphics stack, and all the accompanying tools were proprietary.
WSL provides a virtual machine with a full kernel. Linux (based on the 6.6 branch), which can run distributions LinuxThe core includes WSL-specific changes, such as optimizations to reduce startup time and memory consumption, the ability to revert Windows released LinuxMemory and configuration processes to eliminate unnecessary drivers and subsystems. The system is installed in a separate disk image (VHD) with an ext4 file system and a virtual network adapter.
Among the changes:
- Core Linux updated to version 6.6.114.
- Updated versions of the WSLg 1.0.71 graphics stack, .NET, Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime, and NuGet packages.
- The wslsettings configurator has been improved.
- Added automount.cgroups parameter to wsl.conf to select Cgroup version.
- Implemented forced shutdown of a virtual machine if it freezes while stopping all services.
- The virtual machine ID is now passed to the initialization process of running distributions. The "--vm-id" option has been added to the wslinfo utility.
- Added the hvsocket kernel parameter for logging Hyper-V hypervisor events during boot.
- Added support Debian 13 Ubuntu October 25.10, Fedora 43, SUSE Linux 16, openSUSE Leap 16, openSUSE Tumbleweed, Kali 2025.3, and the December build of Arch Linux.
Source: opennet.ru
