Whitewater Foundry
@PengwinLinux
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Creators of #Pengwin, #Fedora Remix & #Raft WSL — delivering secure, enterprise-ready Linux on Windows. #WSL #WSL2 #DevTools
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Joined September 2018
Pengwin and Fedora Remix for WSL are 50% off for Black Friday. These are perpetual licenses with unlimited updates, but they require continuous engineering investment. If you want to support our roadmap, consider a Raft WSL subscription and share our catalog:
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What are the top things you’d want investments in WSL? Would love to know.
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Pengwin Enterprise 9.6 is out 🎉 • systemd on by default • faster first-run + refreshed Windows Terminal • RHEL/Rocky 9: Mesa 24.2.8, LLVM 19.1.7, VP9/AV1, Microsoft OpenCLOn12 • vGEM loader workaround for WSL 2.5.x #WSL #Linux #PengwinEnterprise
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What I loved the most about BUILD 2025 Spoilers: It has to do with WSL
Craig Loewen’s - @craigaloewen - highlight from #MSBuild 2025? #WSL is now fully open source. In this #OneDevQuestion, he shares what that means for developers, plus why he’s excited about Windows AI Foundry for running local AI models in your apps. More: https://t.co/IY1L7bPWL1
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🚀 Raft WSL just got faster, smoother, and smarter! 🎉 Now featuring VHD snapshot support, expanded distro compatibility (including Fedora 42 & Arch Linux), and PowerToys integration on ARM64 for the first time. Try the latest update today! 🐧💻 #WSL2 #Linux #Windows
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https://t.co/mZ3uBYCYrn Pengwin 25.06 June Update - Debian updated to 12.11 with key fixes - Mesa 25.0.4: OpenGL 4.6, HEVC, VP9, AV1 - pengwin-setup with mouse & resize support
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(early)unpopular opinion: Microsoft Edit will replace Nano in some Linux distros as the "non-VIM based" editor. Open sourced, Rust, TUI with mouse support and few but important settings (line ending, format, tab spaces). The call me fanboy, the future is here Corsair 🏴☠️
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🎉 A huge welcome to all our new MVPs! Your passion, expertise, and commitment to the tech community have earned you this recognition—and we’re so excited to have you join the family! 💙 👏 Whether you're sharing knowledge, supporting others, or building the future with
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Very proud to announce that the Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source! https://t.co/2yJVi2Xc6U
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Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever...
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Come join me at BUILD or check out the recording online for some of the latest developer goodness on Windows!
Add BRK226 to your #MSBuild session schedule and join @craigaloewen, @cinnamon_msft, & @osterman to learn about boosting your performance and streamlining your dev setup with Windows Subsystem for Linux, WinGet, Windows Terminal, PowerToys, and more! 💫 https://t.co/kfhk0YiYUp
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📌 Windows Subsystem for Linux commands cheat sheet! From seeing a list of the available Linux distributions to setting the default Linux distribution, our guide is full of WSL commands to help streamline your workflow. Check it out: https://t.co/IqFfl8R1sX
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https://t.co/XC1msfpAMu Get More from Less: How zswap Optimizes Memory in WSL2 Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) provides an excellent Linux environment on Windows, but performance can be impacted by memory limitations. This article explores how enabling zswap can
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Improve your WSL2 performance with zswap, a memory compression feature that optimizes swap usage and boosts efficiency. Learn how to compile a custom WSL2 kernel, configure swappiness 133, and...
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One of my favourite things is seeing the cool mini integration points between Linux and Windows, check out this video from @shanselman
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Windows Terminal 1.23 Preview is out now! Learn about all the old (and new 👀) settings we've exposed in our Settings UI in this latest blog post! (My personal favs are the rainbow suggestion text and Path Translation!)
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Happy New Year everyone! Here is our first Windows Terminal Preview release of the year! In this release, we focused on porting many of our beloved settings to the Settings UI. We also have several...
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Develop smarter with Windows Subsystem for Linux 🐧💻 WSL runs Linux tools, workflows, and scripts alongside Windows seamlessly. Perfect for developers who need the best of both worlds! 🚀 🧑💻 Set up your WSL environment today: https://t.co/T9exkgKHNx
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#WSL2 version 2.4.x is now available! This exciting release boasts a groundbreaking new distribution architecture. Check out the release notes on GitHub ( https://t.co/fkjTDVtCfl) for all the details. Learn more about this revolutionary change on the Microsoft Command Line blog
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Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is now available in Microsoft’s new tar-based architecture, enabling image customization and deployment at scale. Ubuntu is widely used on #WSL, and this new format allows for easier distribution, installation, and management of these
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Kali Linux shares a great blog post about them updating their WSL distro: https://t.co/rbakmYbKdd
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