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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
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@benhillis
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Selling my STi, low mileage and excellent condition. Itโ€™s time for proper โ€œdadโ€ car but I will miss it. https://t.co/rO3QRll1WT
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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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@shanselman
Scott Hanselman ๐ŸŒฎ
2 years
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
@craigaloewen
Craig Loewen
2 years
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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@craigaloewen
Craig Loewen
2 years
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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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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@shanselman
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This is a weird feeling as Iโ€™ve dedicated my career to sharing othersโ€™ achievements but Iโ€™m gonna to take a moment to celebrate myself. Iโ€™ve 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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@panos_panay
Panos Panay
3 years
Pumped to introduce todayโ€™s 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.
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blogs.windows.com
Itโ€™s 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 Iโ€™m 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
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devblogs.microsoft.com
Introduction In DirectX โค 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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@craigaloewen
Craig Loewen
3 years
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
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devblogs.microsoft.com
Today the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in the Microsoft Store is dropping its โ€œPreviewโ€ label and becomes generally available with our latest release! We are also making the Store version of WSL...
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@craigaloewen
Craig Loewen
3 years
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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@benhillis
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WSL 0.70.4 was just released to Windows Insiders which has a couple good fixes: https://t.co/3T1k4OzRYW
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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 youโ€™re looking for an audio book, I canโ€™t recommend the @andyserkis reading of The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings highly enough. Yes he does the gollum voice and a fantastic Gandalf tooโ€ฆ
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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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