Windows Subsystem for Linux now packaged as a Microsoft Store app
"The Store version of WSL is now the default version of WSL" wrote Craig Loewen, a program manager for the Windows Developer Platform, in a Tuesday"The in-Windows version of WSL will still receive critical bug fixes, but the Store version of WSL is where new features and functionality will be added," Loewen explained.
WSL is an app in the Microsoft Store that lets you run actual Linux that integrates directly into Windowscommand from the terminal. Executing the command will automatically install the Store version of WSL. It will no longer enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux optional component, nor install the WSL kernel or WSLg MSI packages, as they are no longer needed .
Loewen admits that this is all a little confusing because Microsoft offers two types of WSL distros: WSL 1 which isn't really a VM and doesn't offer the full Linux kernel, and WSL 2 which is a full Linux VM."There is also the 'in-Windows' version of WSL as a Windows Optional component, and WSL in the Microsoft Store as the 'Store version of WSL'," Loewen clarified.
"With this update our goal is to simplify our versioning story. Since WSL 2 is the default distro type, and the Store version of WSL is the default install location, you can just say: WSL is an app in the Microsoft Store that lets you run actual Linux that integrates directly into Windows."
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