Microsoft makes WSL Containers generally available for Windows developers

WSL Containers, Microsoft's container tooling for Windows Subsystem for Linux, is now available for all developers to use.
Techgenyz

VS Code 1.139 Lets AI Agents Work Inside Remote Dev Containers, And Here’s Why That Matters

VS Code 1.139 brings Agent Host sessions to remote Dev Containers via SSH, Tunnel and WSL, with faster session management and ...
Hosted on MSN

I ditched my Linux VM for WSL, and Windows suddenly became a legitimate development environment

Running Linux on a Windows machine means two things. You either need to create a virtual machine that can share the system resources and run a Linux distribution inside it. Or, you can avoid Type 2 ...
Windows Latest

Developers are still rejecting Windows, poll finds, even as Microsoft rebuilds Windows 11 for them

Despite Microsoft upgrading WSL and developer tools in Windows 11, a new developer poll shows Windows trailing far behind ...
techtimes

WSL 3 at Build 2026: Near-Native GPU and NPU Passthrough Brings Local AI to Windows

Microsoft previewed Windows Subsystem for Linux 3 at its Build 2026 keynote in San Francisco on Tuesday, delivering the architectural overhaul that AI-focused developers on Windows have been waiting ...
XDA Developers

WSL is powerful, but these 3 reasons are why it won't beat a real Linux desktop

He has loved computers since he got the Lenovo G570 in 2012. Abhishek holds a master's degree in computer applications and began his writing career in 2018. He loves writing how-to articles, listicles ...