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WSL2 will be available in the Windows 10 May 2020 update that should be released end of May. I tried during lockdown WSL and was impressed by the ease of use a
by bengalister 6y ago
WSL2 will be available in the Windows 10 May 2020 update that should be released end of May.
I tried during lockdown WSL and was impressed by the ease of use and how fast it started but there are a few quirks.
It is not a full featured Linux OS at your disposal. I tried the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for instance and systemd did not work preventing from starting services with systemd (there are some workarounds), I couldn't mount FUSE filesystems (lack of modules) preventing from mounting SSHFS, gocrypts volumes.
I don't know if these issues will be fixed in WSL2.
- watermelon0 6y agoThis is understandable, since binaries in WSL run directly on Windows, with no virtualization/emulation, except for Linux syscalls. With WSL2, Linux runs in a VM, and behaves exactly as a Linux box, so Docker/systemd/FUSE run as expected.
- calaphos 6y agoThe systemd problems remain in WSL2 as they same custom Microsoft init system from wsl1 is still used. There are workarounds however
- Havoc 6y agoI enabled slow ring insider preview and that seems to have broken both updates and windows store app installs/updates completely/permanently. Probably gonna have to nuke it. Bit annoying - need windows for Netflix and gaming, Linux for coding and browsing