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The source for the Linux kernel used in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2)

27 mentions on Hacker News by 25 people: 2 stories, 25 comments · first 2019-07-01 · latest 2026-09-16

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  1. …device [6]: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/linux Linux on older apple silicon M1/M2/M3 chip [7]: https://github.com/microsoft/wsl2-linux-kernel Linux on Windows
    comment by liamgm · 2026-09-16 · in Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month
  2. …drivers included in Microsoft's Linux kernel derivative and they publish their kernel sources at https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel .
    comment by mbilker · 2025-05-20 · in The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
  3. This was true for WSL1, but WSL2 does contain a Linux kernel. The source code for it is available at: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
    comment by smokel · 2023-09-19 · in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.0 release
  4. …if installed normally. This is the one they ship via Windows Update which you end up using on WSL: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel Watch them slowly make it different than the upstream one, without contributing patches…
    comment by capableweb · 2023-05-09 · in GitHub code search is generally available
  5. …alt+tab, etc., really makes it a joy to work with. [1] - https://www.virtualhere.com/ [2] - https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
    comment by womod · 2022-12-04 · in Tell HN: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon is an excellent MacBook replacement
  6. Looks like it can also mount btrfs and xfs directly https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/blob/linux-ms... https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/blob/linux-ms...
    comment by cmurf · 2021-11-09 · in WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly
  7. …and compute, but there is no swapchain support to copy pixels directly to the screen (yet )." https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/tree/e445d061... https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/blob/e445d061... >>…
    comment by Kye · 2021-10-20 · in Android Apps on Windows 11
  8. …tps://kumekay.com/compiling-custom-kernel-for-wsl2/ . Microsoft's kernel is also available on github: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel .
    comment by dgellow · 2021-10-11 · in Part of Windows 11 is a revamped Windows Subsystem for Linux
  9. …what I said to put words in my mouth. I stated a fact, which you can verify here if you please. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel Please let us know what you find.
    comment by imwillofficial · 2021-03-22 · in Docker for Mac M1 RC
  10. Too late to edit, but there's also an unapplied pull request that seems to make usb passthrough work: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/pull/45
    comment by tyingq · 2021-03-19 · in Docker for Mac M1 RC
  11. Problem found, added sync() before shutdown. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/issues/168#is...
    comment by cmurf · 2021-01-05 · in WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history
  12. Not sure what you mean, the source is right here: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
    comment by ahupp · 2021-01-03 · in WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history
  13. …https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5026 [2]: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/5895 [3]: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/issues/168#is...
    comment by matt123456789 · 2021-01-03 · in WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history
  14. Microsoft already has a Linux kernel. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel If it were superior for containers, Windows containers wouldn't have withered on the vine. .NET Core being truly cross-platform is pretty much an official…
    comment by sidecut · 2020-09-26 · in WSL Getting GUI Support
  15. …to WSL1, which implemented Linux APIs on top of Windows, a la Wine. Here's the source (literally). https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
    comment by jakogut · 2020-09-26 · in WSL Getting GUI Support
  16. …pages). In my book that's pretty sophisticated. EDIT: The work appears to be available on Github https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/commits/linux...
    comment by mtzet · 2020-09-16 · in Microsoft submits Linux kernel patches to enable complete Hyper-V on Linux
  17. …kernel with eBPF support be used? Indeed, Microsoft's WSL2 kernel has eBPF JIT support turned on – https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/blob/master/M... WSL1 yes I agree, it is just a translation layer between Linux and NT…
    comment by skissane · 2020-07-17 · in ProcMon for Linux
  18. …"wow" moment for me. I honestly never thought I'd see those 3 words together in my lifetime. [1] https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
    comment by nazgulsenpai · 2020-06-24 · in Sysinternals ProcDump for Linux
  19. Is this the wrong repository for what you are referring to, as this appear open source? https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
    comment by mycall · 2020-06-18 · in CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
  20. …runs user-mode distros (and their binaries) in containers atop a shared Linux kernel image ( https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel ) inside a lightweight VM that can boot an image from cold in < 2s and which aggressively releases…
    comment by bitcrazed · 2020-05-20 · in DirectX is coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux
  21. …the Linux kernel, they just run it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel The Xbox One also uses a hypervisor to run multiple OSes, one of which was Windows 8:…
    comment by rrdharan · 2020-04-21 · in OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement
  22. They have released the source for their fork: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel . Linux specifically does not use the GPLv3 for exactly this reason. rms et al. complained about "tivoization", which came from tivo shipping…
    comment by mises · 2019-07-30 · in Librem 5 Smartphone Final Specs
  23. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
    comment by testvox · 2019-07-09 · in IBM Closes Acquisition of Red Hat for $34B
  24. Based on reading this: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/issues/1 I think the MS kernel would run fine without Windows.
    comment by tyingq · 2019-07-01 · in Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used on Azure than Windows Server
  25. check out their kernel for WSL: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel .
    comment by mushufasa · 2019-07-01 · in Microsoft developer reveals Linux is now more used on Azure than Windows Server