In my case, openSUSE is what I use for work, so using a WSL with that loaded is a great way to ensure everything is ...

Windows 11 was able to run Android apps for just two years. What happened, and why hasn't this been brought back yet?

It didn’t, however, make Lxcore.sys, P9rdr.sys, or p9np.dll open source, as they are part of Windows. If you want to download the source code for version 2.5.7, GitHub is the place to go.

Microsoft is making its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) open-source today, opening up the code for community members to contribute to. After launching WSL for Windows 10 nearly nine years ago ...

The other component that will remain closed source are the P9rdr.sys and p9np.dll files that make it possible to use “\wsl.localhost” for filesystem redirection from Windows to Linux.

Microsoft has introduced Fedora 42, another official distribution in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). However, this announcement was delayed. Fedora has already been listed in the officially ...

Arch Linux is now available in the Windows subsystem for Linux 2. (Image: Screenshot / dmk) Apr 22, 2025 at 9:14 pm CEST 2 min. read By Dirk Knop ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables the start of a Linux system and the use of Linux applications under Windows. Performance can also be improved with a new kernel.

In the past few years, we have seen Microsoft embracing open-source technology. It started with the release of Windows Subsystem for Linux, then Microsoft acquired GitHub, and in 2020, it released the ...

WSL is now ready for prime time The original vision of a Linux-compatible set of APIs on top of Windows proved complex to maintain and would always lag the fast-moving Linux kernel. As a result ...