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2026 14

  1. PowerToys 0.102 is here: new mouse utilities, Command Palette improvements and much more
  2. WSLC Architecture deep dive
  3. Intelligent Terminal 0.2.2572: Faster, Smoother, and More Reliable
  4. PowerToys 0.101 is here: Window Hopper, Insider updates, and Command Palette compact mode
  5. Intelligent Terminal 0.2 is here with local model support
  6. WSL container is now available for public preview
  7. Intelligent Terminal 0.1.1 is here: bash support, new slash commands, and more customization
  8. PowerToys 0.100 is here: new Shortcut Guide, Command Palette improvements and much more!
  9. Announcing Intelligent Terminal 0.1
  10. The new Run dialog: faster, cleaner, and more capable
  11. PowerToys 0.99 is here: new monitor controls, easier window management, and Dock upgrades
  12. PowerToys 0.98 is here: new Keyboard Manager UX, the Command Palette Dock and better CursorWrap!
  13. Windows Terminal Preview 1.25 Release
  14. PowerToys 0.97 is here: a big Command Palette update and a new mouse utility

2025 9

  1. PowerToys 0.96 is here: endpoints for Advanced Paste, metadata support for PowerRename and more!
  2. PowerToys 0.95 is here: new Light Switch utility, faster Command Palette, and Peek with Spacebar
  3. PowerToys 0.94 is here: Settings search, shortcut conflict detection and more!
  4. Windows Terminal Preview 1.24 Release
  5. PowerToys 0.93 is here: faster Command Palette, new dashboard UX and more
  6. Edit is now open source
  7. Fedora Linux is now an official WSL distro
  8. Terminal Chat now included in GitHub Copilot Free
  9. Windows Terminal Preview 1.23 Release

2024 10

  1. What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux in November 2024
  2. GitHub Copilot in Windows Terminal
  3. Windows Terminal Preview 1.22 Release
  4. What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux in May 2024
  5. WinGet.CommandNotFound
  6. Windows Terminal Preview 1.21 Release
  7. Cascadia Code 2404.23
  8. Introducing Sudo for Windows!
  9. Windows Terminal Preview 1.20 Release
  10. Self-help support for Azure using Help API : CLI Extension

2023 13

  1. Terminal Chat in Windows Terminal Canary
  2. New enterprise-grade security controls for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
  3. Introducing Windows Terminal Canary
  4. Windows Terminal Preview 1.19 Release
  5. Windows Subsystem for Linux September 2023 update
  6. Walkthroughs in the Windows Terminal Repository
  7. Windows Terminal on Open at Microsoft
  8. Shell integration in the Windows Terminal
  9. WinGet configuration Preview
  10. Windows Terminal Preview 1.18 Release
  11. D3D12 GPU Video acceleration in the Windows Subsystem for Linux now available!
  12. Windows Terminal Preview 1.17 Release
  13. Windows Package Manager 1.4

2022 10

  1. The Windows Subsystem for Linux in the Microsoft Store is now generally available on Windows 10 and 11
  2. Windows Terminal is now the Default in Windows 11
  3. Systemd support is now available in WSL!
  4. Windows Terminal Preview 1.16 Release
  5. Windows Package Manager 1.3
  6. Windows Terminal Preview 1.15 Release
  7. WSL 2 distros are now supported on Windows Server
  8. Windows Terminal Preview 1.14 Release
  9. Windows Package Manager 1.2
  10. Windows Terminal Preview 1.13 Release

2021 20

  1. Windows Wednesday
  2. Windows Terminal as your Default Command Line Experience
  3. Connecting USB devices to WSL
  4. OneAPI/L0, OpenVINO and OpenCL coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux for Intel GPUs
  5. Windows Terminal Preview 1.12 Release
  6. A preview of WSL in the Microsoft Store is now available!
  7. Windows Package Manager 1.1
  8. Windows Terminal Preview 1.11 Release
  9. Install WSL with a single command now available in Windows 10 version 2004 and higher
  10. Build and Debug C++ with WSL 2 Distributions and Visual Studio 2022
  11. Windows Terminal Preview 1.10 Release
  12. Windows Package Manager 1.0
  13. Windows Terminal Preview 1.9 Release
  14. Windows Package Manager v0.3 Preview
  15. The Initial Preview of GUI app support is now available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
  16. WSLg Architecture
  17. Servicing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 Linux kernel
  18. Windows Terminal Preview 1.8 Release
  19. Windows Terminal Preview 1.7 Release
  20. Windows Terminal Preview 1.6 Release

2020 25

  1. Getting Started with Windows Terminal
  2. Windows Terminal Preview 1.5 Release
  3. Distro installation added to WSL –install in Windows 10 insiders preview build 20246
  4. Windows Terminal Tips and Tricks
  5. What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux – September 2020
  6. Windows Terminal Preview 1.4 Release
  7. Windows Package Manager Preview (v0.2.2521)
  8. Access Linux filesystems in Windows and WSL 2
  9. Building Windows Terminal with WinUI
  10. Windows Terminal Preview 1.3 Release
  11. WSL 2 Support is coming to Windows 10 Versions 1903 and 1909
  12. Windows Terminal Preview 1.2 Release
  13. Windows Package Manager Preview (v0.1.41821)
  14. Windows Terminal Preview 1.1 Release
  15. GPU Compute, WSL Install and WSL Update arrive in the latest Insider build for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
  16. winget install learning
  17. Microsoft Open-Sources GW-BASIC
  18. Windows Terminal 1.0
  19. The Windows Subsystem for Linux BUILD 2020 Summary
  20. Windows Package Manager Preview
  21. Windows Terminal Preview v0.11 Release
  22. Windows Terminal Preview v0.10 Release
  23. WSL 2 will be generally available in Windows 10, version 2004
  24. Windows Terminal Preview v0.9 Release
  25. Windows Terminal Preview v0.8 Release

2019 25

  1. Happy Holidays from the Windows Terminal Team!
  2. Windows Terminal Preview v0.7 Release
  3. Memory Reclaim in the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
  4. Windows Terminal Preview 1910 Release
  5. Sharing SSH keys between Windows and WSL 2
  6. Cascadia Code 1910.04
  7. Integrate Linux Commands into Windows with PowerShell and the Windows Subsystem for Linux
  8. Windows Terminal Preview 1909
  9. Cascadia Code
  10. Windows Terminal Preview v0.4 Release
  11. Tips and Tricks for Linux development with WSL and Visual Studio Code
  12. Windows Terminal Preview v0.3 Release
  13. The Azure Cloud Shell Connector in Windows Terminal
  14. What’s new for WSL in Insiders Preview Build 18945
  15. An In Depth Tutorial on Linux Development on Windows with WSL and Visual Studio Code
  16. Take your Linux development experience in Windows to the next level with WSL and Visual Studio Code Remote
  17. Windows Terminal Microsoft Store Preview Release
  18. WSL 2 is now available in Windows Insiders
  19. A Deep Dive Into How WSL Allows Windows to Access Linux Files
  20. Windows Terminal Build 2019 FAQ
  21. WSL 2 Post BUILD FAQ
  22. Introducing Windows Terminal
  23. Shipping a Linux Kernel with Windows
  24. Announcing WSL 2
  25. What’s new for WSL in Windows 10 version 1903?

2018 27

  1. New Experimental Console Features
  2. Windows Command-Line: Unicode and UTF-8 Output Text Buffer
  3. What’s New for WSL in the Windows 10 October 2018 Update
  4. Windows Console: CTRL + Scroll to zoom and Dark Theme Scrollbar
  5. Re-Open-Sourcing MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0
  6. Using WSL in an Enterprise
  7. Windows Command-Line: Introducing the Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY)
  8. Windows Command-Line: Inside the Windows Console
  9. A Guide to Upgrading your Ubuntu App’s Release
  10. Windows Command-Line: The Evolution of the Windows Command-Line
  11. Windows Command-Line: Backgrounder
  12. Improved per-directory case sensitivity support in WSL
  13. Windows Subsystem for Linux //Build 2018 Recap
  14. Join us for a hot cup o Chocolatey!
  15. Introducing extended line endings support in Notepad
  16. Tabbed Console starts here
  17. Copy and Paste arrives for Linux/WSL Consoles
  18. Open Sourcing a WSL Sample for Linux Distribution Maintainers and Sideloading Custom Linux Distributions
  19. What’s new for the Command Line in Windows 10 version 1803
  20. Debian GNU/Linux for WSL now available in the Windows Store
  21. Kali Linux for WSL now available in the Windows Store
  22. Per-directory case sensitivity and WSL
  23. Automatically Configuring WSL
  24. Windows/WSL Interop with AF_UNIX
  25. OpenSSH in Windows 10!
  26. Tar and Curl Come to Windows!
  27. Chmod/Chown WSL Improvements

2017 27

  1. Share Environment Vars between WSL and Windows
  2. AF_UNIX comes to Windows
  3. [Cross Post] WSL Interoperability with Docker
  4. Background Task Support in WSL
  5. A Guide to Invoking WSL
  6. Running Node.js on WSL from Visual Studio Code
  7. WSL & Console team ch…ch…ch…chaaaaanges!
  8. What’s new in Windows Console in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
  9. What’s new in WSL in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
  10. Introducing the Windows Console Colortool
  11. WSL arrives on Windows Server!
  12. Updating the Windows Console Colors
  13. How to Determine What Just Ran on Windows Console
  14. Windows Subsystem for Linux out of Beta!
  15. SUSE’s Linux distros for WSL now available in the Windows Store
  16. Ubuntu now available from the Windows Store!
  17. Understanding Windows Console Host Settings
  18. Developer Mode no longer required for Windows Subsystem for Linux
  19. Great Bash Intro Video from Build 2017
  20. Will Linux distros run on Windows 10 S?
  21. New distros coming to Bash/WSL via Windows Store
  22. Bash/WSL Insiders build now supports usb/serial comms and mounting removable storage & network shares
  23. Windows 10 Creators Update: What’s new in Bash/WSL & Windows Console
  24. Haskell on Bash/WSL
  25. Use Visual C++ for Linux to build and debug C++ code on the Windows Subsystem for Linux
  26. Bash in Windows Insider build 15002 – many fixes but a couple of bugs!
  27. Rumors of Cmd’s death have been greatly exaggerated

2016 15

  1. Do not change Linux files using Windows apps and tools
  2. More easily invoke Windows apps and tools from Bash on Windows
  3. ifconfig and network connection enumeration support in Windows 10 Insider build 14965
  4. WSL adds Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial support
  5. Interop between Windows and Bash
  6. WSL adds inotify & filesystem change notification support
  7. 24-bit Color in the Windows Console!
  8. Hanselman takes a tour around Bash on Windows
  9. New post and video on WSL filesystem features
  10. New post & video on how WSL System Calls work
  11. Huge improvements to Bash on Ubuntu on Windows in Build 14361
  12. Tmux support arrives for Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
  13. Learn more about Bash on Ubuntu on Windows and the Windows Subsystem for Linux
  14. Bash on Ubuntu on Windows – Download Now!
  15. Making the Windows Command Line Cool Again!