Microsoft introduces Linux container support for WSL

Microsoft introduces Linux container support for WSL

Microsoft is moving beyond just running Linux distributions with the Windows Subsystem for Linux, as WSL containers are now generally available. You can get the function by running wsl –updateand once it is installed there is a new one wslc.exe Command line tool. Microsoft also includes container.exe as an alias so you can use more … Read more

I gave up dual booting for WSL and VMs and my PC stopped crashing every time I updated Windows.

I gave up dual booting for WSL and VMs and my PC stopped crashing every time I updated Windows.

Microsoft released a security patch that bricked my trusty Ubuntu partition. In August 2024, a Windows update using the Secure Boot Advanced Targeting (SBAT) patch flagged vulnerable GRUB bootloaders, locking out thousands of dual-boot users worldwide. I was one of the few users who got the “Security Policy Violation” error instead of the login screen, … Read more