Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 is on the Microsoft Store now

Windows Subsystem for Linux for Windows 11 is on the Microsoft Store straightaway

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Microsoft has just released a preview for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) equally a store application for Windows 11 machines.

The company explains that this is the first of all release in its attempts to make WSL American Samoa a decoupled app that can embody installed and updated from the Microsoft Store.

"Installing WSL through the store testament allow you to make the latest WSL updates and features faster, and without needing to modify your Windows version," wrote Craig Loewen, a Program Manager at Microsoft.

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Assume't let the preview tag throw you off. In a FAQ style post Loewen added that the release isn't a new version of WSL, and rather just the first spillage of the new delivery mechanics to trial the waters and iron some issues before making the app generally available.

WSL on the Microsoft Store

In the post Loewen explains that since its origination WSL has been offered Eastern Samoa an facultative component in spite of appearanc Windows.

Secondly, the binaries that make up WSL's logic in that optional factor are part of the Windows trope, and thus are serviced and updated when the Oculus sinister itself is.

Microsoft now hopes to change these aspects and fling WSL A an app that is segregated from the Windows image. What is more, just similar some other Store app, users will be able-bodied to get updates to WSL independently of the Osmium.

"So immediately formerly radical features the like GUI app support, GPU figure, and Linux filing system drive mounting are developed, tested and ready for a release you will get get at to it right away on your machine without needing to update your intact Windows OS, or going to Windows Insider preview builds," rounds off Loewen.

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