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Linux 5.13.5 for WSL2

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@wepiotrek wepiotrek released this 26 Jul 22:27
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What is new

  1. Kernel updated from:
    a) https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git - version 5.13.5
    b) https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel.git - version 5.10.43.3 (WSL 2 modules only*)

*official Linux hyperv x86 mostly from the official 5.13.5 release (better implementation)

How to install

  1. Copy vmlinux to ~ or %userprofile% (Windows: C:\Users\<username>\ )
  2. Create there a file ".wslconfig":
[wsl2]
kernel=C:\\Users\\<username>\\vmlinux
  1. Execute following command into cmd / powershell:
wsl --shutdown