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So WSL -> WSL 2 -> WSL 1.0.0?

Strange naming sequence. I thought it was a commemorative post about the anniversary of the first WSL, or something like that.




From the company that gave us Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X.


No, the 2 in WSL2 refers to the generation (i.e. the one with VM architecture). This release simply "graduates" WSL2 from pre-release (0.xx days in quasi-semantic versioning). It's still WSL2 and for most intents and purposes the specific version of the package should be irrelevant, especially if one is using the Store-published version. It's not the only moving part anyway, as WSLg and the kernel are updated separately.




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