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The original version, WSL 1, differs significantly from the second major version, WSL 2. WSL 1 (released August 2, 2016), acted as a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables (in ELF format) by implementing Linux system calls in the Windows kernel. [4] WSL 2 (announced May 2019 [5]), introduced a real Linux kernel – a managed ...
Azure Linux, previously known as CBL-Mariner (in which CBL stands for Common Base Linux), [3] is a free and open-source Linux distribution that Microsoft has developed. It is the base container OS for Microsoft Azure services [4] [5] and the graphical component of WSL 2. [6]
The article details mostly about the WSL 1 --> WSL 2 switch. Instead, it should talk about WSL in general. Beside some advantages of WSL2, it has also huge disadvantages (like the decrease of the disk bandwidth below about 1/20, or setting up hard limits to RAM usage). The article does not even want to mention them.
[3] [4] The update began rolling out on November 16, 2021. Notable changes in the November 2021 Update include: [2] [5] GPU compute support in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) deployments; New simplified passwordless deployment models for Windows Hello for Business
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MSYS2 ("minimal system 2") is a software distribution and a development platform for Microsoft Windows, based on Mingw-w64 and Cygwin, that helps to deploy code from the Unix world on Windows. It plays the same role the old MSYS did in MinGW. [6]
May 6, 2019: Microsoft announced the second version of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Docker, Inc. announced that it had started working on a version of Docker for Windows to run on WSL 2. [63] In particular, this meant Docker could run on Windows 10 Home (previously it was limited to Windows Pro and Enterprise since it used Hyper-V).
Apple Asahi for Apple Arm Machines jumps from OpenGL 2.1 to 3.1 with 90% features of OpenGL 3.2 and 3.3 and OpenGL ES 2.0 to 3.0. [66] Microsoft Supports in WSL OpenGL 4.6+ in Mesa 24.0 (in Mesa 23.3: 4.3+) with direct 12 translation driver dozen. [67]