{"id":781,"date":"2024-05-31T00:09:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T00:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/wsl-updates-announced-by-microsoft-introducing-new-settings-app\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T07:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T07:04:03","slug":"wsl-updates-announced-by-microsoft-introducing-new-settings-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/wsl-updates-announced-by-microsoft-introducing-new-settings-app\/","title":{"rendered":"WSL Updates Announced by Microsoft: Introducing New Settings App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Users who are using Ubuntu on Windows via the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) may be interested to know that significant updates are coming.<\/p>\n<p>In a blog post from the recent Microsoft BUILD event, the senior product manager for Windows developer platforms, Craig Loewen, outlined what&#8217;s in store for WSL users.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the experimental WSL features that Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/windows-subsystem-for-linux-september-2023-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced last year<\/a> are now being added to stable or default builds.<\/p>\n<p>Among these updates is the ability to automatically release stored memory in WSL back to Windows. This will prove particularly beneficial for devices with limited memory, as well as for systems that have abundant memory and operate with memory-heavy workloads under WSL.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>DNS tunnelling is also now enabled by default on Windows 11 to improve networking handling, especially when things like VPNs are enabled on Windows. <\/p>\n<p>Other experimental features will be promoted to stable builds over the coming months, like automatic disk reclaiming, and mirrored networking mode (with IPv6 support) \u2014 available as experimental, opt-in features for those interesting to play\/try\/make use of them now.<\/p>\n<h2>New WSL Settings App Coming<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/149366088.v2.pressablecdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/wsl-gui-settings-app-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Screenshot of the WSL GUI settings app in development by Microsoft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original: Microsoft; Composite: Moi<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The most exhilarating update in the pipeline is a fresh graphical settings app for WSL. It will be launched as part of a forthcoming WSL stable update.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The ability to configure graphically will be a significant aid. Currently, users have to personally modify the <code>.wslconfig<\/code> text file to tweak and set up settings. This supposes they are aware which settings to modify, which data to input, and the appropriate syntax to utilize.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>&#8220;The WSL Settings app handles this by segregating WSL settings into marked categories, and signifying which ones are accessible on your device&#8221;, Loewen elucidates, stressing that it will be compatible with the <code>.wslconfig<\/code> text file \u2014 it\u2019s feasible to revise via both!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>WSL integration will also be coming to the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/dev-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dev Home<\/a> control center via a novel &#8216;Environments&#8217; feature. From this location, users will have the capability to &#8220;manage, activate, and construct new development environments like Hyper-V machines, dev boxes and interact with WSL distros&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>In all a nice set of updates. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>I don\u2019t use WSL regularly at all (because I don\u2019t use Windows regularly at all) but I can appreciate that the enhancements Microsoft\u2019s announced are going to be well received by those who do. They will enhance the usefulness of this already-useful feature further.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>More details on <a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/whats-new-in-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-in-may-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Windows <em>Command Line<\/em> blog<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>And if you use Windows (be it out of choice, preference or work\/study requirement) and don\u2019t yet use WSL you can install <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.microsoft.com\/detail\/9nz3klhxdjp5?hl=en-gb&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS from the Microsoft Store<\/a>, which (on Windows 11) should do the heavy lifting of enabling WSL for you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users who are using Ubuntu on Windows via the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) may be interested to know that significant updates are coming. 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