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Manager of the Linux on Windows team @Microsoft, proud father, unrepentant sci-fi / fantasy reader, and @SoundersFC fan. Opinions are my own.
Seattle, WA
Joined March 2009
WSL is adding some oft-requested support for Enterprise Customers: https://t.co/Nlnid8zWMT
devblogs.microsoft.com
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has added new enterprise-oriented features that will help you deploy, monitor, and configure WSL safely within your organizationโs setting. Virtual Machine-based...
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Selling my STi, low mileage and excellent condition. Itโs time for proper โdadโ car but I will miss it. https://t.co/rO3QRll1WT
bringatrailer.com
Bid for the chance to own a 19k-Mile 2013 Subaru Impreza WRX STi at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #125,738.
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Big improvements in WSL today! Run "wsl --update --pre-release" as admin to get auto shrinking of memory and disks! And all new networking with ipv6 support
WSL has a new update with some big changes! We have some fun new features for you to try, including automatic shrinking of both memory and disk size, and an entirely new networking mode! Check out the blog post for more details: https://t.co/IKsGPvkYUy
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WSL has a new update with some big changes! We have some fun new features for you to try, including automatic shrinking of both memory and disk size, and an entirely new networking mode! Check out the blog post for more details: https://t.co/IKsGPvkYUy
devblogs.microsoft.com
There is a new release for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with new features and bug fixes! Check out the summary below, and read on to learn more about new experimental features, and some...
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This is a weird feeling as Iโve dedicated my career to sharing othersโ achievements but Iโm gonna to take a moment to celebrate myself. Iโve been promoted to Vice President of Developer Community at Microsoft!
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WSL 1.3.10 is now available to Windows Insiders with lots of changes: https://t.co/TficIX571a
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WSL 1.2.1 is now available - we are hoping to push this version to all users later this week. https://t.co/gpIkys9lxa
github.com
Fix intermittent localhost forwarding issues (solves #9921) Use /mnt/wslg for /run/user (solves #9913) Fix invalid handle close on wslservice.exe exit
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WSL 1.1.7 is available to Windows Insiders! Lots of good stuff in this change including a bump to kernel version 6.1 and a bunch of bug fixes. https://t.co/YTPki42weI
github.com
Fix race condition in wslhost's com server logic to prevent a crash Remove cgroup_no_v1=all from kernel command line (solves #9868) Remove unused WSL_E_PACKAGE_UPGRADE_AVAILABLE error message (...
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Happy Friday everyone! Just pushed WSL 1.1.6 to Windows Insiders which includes a fix for a couple crashes introduced in 1.1.5. https://t.co/jO3xFutpJp
github.com
Add a pipeline step to validate localization changes. This will prevent crashes for non-English locales when translation errors occur (solves #9796) Cleanup the winrt factory cache before calling C...
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Windows Subsystem for Linux 1.1.5 has been released to Windows Insiders. This version adds custom kernel support for ARM64, a new user-visible warning feature, and more: https://t.co/5LkE5PEkGn
github.com
Implement custom kernel support for ARM64 (solves #4802) Implement user warnings Revert wsl2.pageReportingOrder to default (2MB). This change was causing freezes on older Windows builds that are mi...
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We have pushed WSL 1.1.3 to all users - let us know what you think! https://t.co/jLwWzdxJLj
github.com
Fix localhost relay issues introduced in 1.1.0 (solves #9508) Add a "Update Available" toast to WSL Ensure the /init bind mount is readonly Set thread names in WSL init deamon Mask SIGCHI...
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Pumped to introduce todayโs major update to #Windows11. This update brings incredible new features the team built just for you. From bringing the new AI powered Bing to the taskbar to improvements across touch, accessibility and more.
blogs.windows.com
Itโs an exciting time in technology, not just for our industry but for the world. The Windows PC has never been more relevant in our daily lives, and this is increasingly the case as we approach the...
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Officially cutting cable. With a literal paper clip in the Coax port Iโm getting 40+ OTA channels and all I watch is news and football anyway.
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Some great work by the graphics team @Microsoft - D3D12 GPU Video acceleration for Windows Subsystem for Linux is now available! https://t.co/Ar5W7ZKJ3B
devblogs.microsoft.com
Introduction In DirectX โค Linux โ DirectX Developer Blog we wrote about DXCore & D3D12 support on WSLg and described OpenGL & OpenCL support by adding a D3D12 backend to Mesa 3D, allowing such 3D and...
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WSL in the Store is now the default for WSL, and is available on both Windows 10 and Windows 11! This also means that Windows 10 can now run Linux GUI apps! Learn more about the details below: https://t.co/iMN0EyJsUE
devblogs.microsoft.com
Today the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in the Microsoft Store is dropping its โPreviewโ label and becomes generally available with our latest release! We are also making the Store version of WSL...
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We released our build 1.0 of WSL on the Microsoft Store, taking it out of preview and making it generally available! There's also some other exciting news coming very soon, stay tuned for the official announcement!
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Update to Windows Subsystem for Androidโข on Windows 11 (October 2022)
blogs.windows.com
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are shipping an update for Windows Subsystem for Androidโข on Windows 11 to the Windows Insider Dev and Beta Channels. This update (2209.40000.26.0) will improve...
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WSL 0.70.4 was just released to Windows Insiders which has a couple good fixes: https://t.co/3T1k4OzRYW
github.com
Work around deadlock in WSL init daemon due to bug in musl libc [GH 8824] Fix regression where /etc/wsl.conf interop.enabled setting was not respected [GH 8932]
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If youโre looking for an audio book, I canโt recommend the @andyserkis reading of The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings highly enough. Yes he does the gollum voice and a fantastic Gandalf tooโฆ
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FYI - we've rolled 0.70.0 out to all Windows 11 users! This includes support for systemd!
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