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AskUbuntu<p>Can't Register Ubuntu Distro in WSL2: Error 0x80070002 <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows11</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1554721/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1554721/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>Can't Register Ubuntu Distro in WSL2: Error 0x80070002 #2004 <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows11</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1554721/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1554721/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>Win32 app can't open file on WSL file system - potential causes? #13409 <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1554719/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1554719/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>Installing Ubuntu on WSL2, Windows 11. Virtualization enabled but still getting error 0x80370102 <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1554664/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1554664/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>Installing Ubuntu on WSL2, Windows 11. Virtualisation enabled but still getting error 0x80370102 <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1554664/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1554664/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>Priority between UBUNTU vs Windows 11 jobs <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/crash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crash</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/meep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meep</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1554523/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1554523/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>WSL2/Ubuntu-24.04 cannot resolve host Windows name #2404 <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1554405/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1554405/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ax6761<p>... Due to file lock &amp; fork issues in <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/WindowsSubsystemForLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSubsystemForLinux</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/WSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WSL</span></a> v1 has me now avoiding the thing, including v2, for any serious, continuous use.</p><p>Will keep one whichever Linux distribution which would continue to get security updates &amp; only for the purpose of searching, munging Windows files. That is the point where I had started with WSL.</p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/Microsoft_corp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft_corp</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/MSWindows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSWindows</span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>Can you mount a physical ext4 partition from within WSL to access files in dual boot Ubuntu from within Windows? <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/dualboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dualboot</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/partitioning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partitioning</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/mount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mount</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1554314/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1554314/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>Unknown process keeps filling available storage on WSL Ubuntu 20.04.6 <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/diskusage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diskusage</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1553819/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1553819/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>Is using wsl better option then dual booting a windows with ubuntu? <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/dualboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dualboot</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/systeminstallation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systeminstallation</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/framerate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>framerate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1553617/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1553617/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>does someone know what happened to my apt update? im new in this <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/apt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apt</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1553530/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1553530/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
AskUbuntu<p>R install fails on Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (via WSL) - Dependency is not satisfiable: libtiff5 #2404 <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/windowssubsystemforlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windowssubsystemforlinux</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/r" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>r</span></a> <a href="https://ubuntu.social/tags/libtiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libtiff</span></a></p><p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/1553476/612" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">askubuntu.com/q/1553476/612</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Neustradamus :xmpp: :linux:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindowsSubsystemForLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSubsystemForLinux</span></a> 2.6.0 has been released (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WSL</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CompatibilityLayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CompatibilityLayer</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Virtualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virtualization</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VirtualMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VirtualMachine</span></a>) <a href="https://wsl.dev/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wsl.dev/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ax6761<p>Continuous "tail(1)" in Debian 12 on <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/WindowsSubsystemForLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSubsystemForLinux</span></a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/MSWindows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSWindows10</span></a> of a "/mnt/c/Users/&lt;account&gt;/some/file" does not work as expected.</p><p>Initially few lines are printed. Then … nothing.</p><p>If the process is interrupted &amp; restarted again, same thing happens (only this time other newer lines will be printed initially). So ...</p><p># 😬<br>while :<br>do<br> tail &lt;file&gt;<br> sleep 1<br>done</p><p>Fucking <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/exFAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exFAT</span></a> will kill the SSD due to update of time metadata one of these days! That is with "rsync --modify-window=1".</p>
ax6761<p>... That is some hodgepodge of services!</p><p>Makes me want to abandon <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/WindowsSubsystemForLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSubsystemForLinux</span></a> 1 &amp; only run a virtual machine (of FreeBSD, currently under VirtualBox).</p><p>Or, could just trudge along until 20251031 (when security updates for MS Windows 10 will stop) in order to install, run FreeBSD directly :-|</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@marjolica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>marjolica</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@utf_7" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>utf_7</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://techhub.social/@dashjackson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dashjackson</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.glitched.systems/@froge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>froge</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> It'll impact <em>any</em> application that uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>' <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoAPI</span></a> and doesn't come with it's own <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> Library and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CertificateManagment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CertificateManagment</span></a>.</p><ul><li>IDK if the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> Subsystem for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>"</em> (The real <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsSubsystemForLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSubsystemForLinux</span></a>"</em> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a>!) may or may not be as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a> as to just wrap said functions into the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoAPI</span></a> instead of doing it with the applications' dependencies.</li></ul><p>Needless to say all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Chromium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chromium</span></a> variants and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IE</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Edge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edge</span></a> are vulnerable to this <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoor</span></a> which exists since at least <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> to this day!</p><ul><li>Thus consider said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS</span></a> <em>inherently unsafe!</em></li></ul>
Marcel SIneM(S)US<p>Nicht alles wurde zu Open Source ...</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MicrosoftBuild2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftBuild2025</span></a>: <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WSL</span></a> wird <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> | heise online <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-Build-2025-WSL-wird-Open-Source-10389316.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Microsoft-Build-</span><span class="invisible">2025-WSL-wird-Open-Source-10389316.html</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WindowsSubsystemForLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSubsystemForLinux</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> :tux: <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a></p>
OSTechNix<p>Big News for Linux on Windows: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is Now Officially Open Source! <a href="https://floss.social/tags/wsl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wsl</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/wsl2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wsl2</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/WindowsSubsystemforLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSubsystemforLinux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows10</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows11</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <br><a href="https://ostechnix.com/wsl-open-source/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ostechnix.com/wsl-open-source/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
fosstopia 🇩🇪<p>Microsoft macht WSL zu Open Source <a href="https://fosstopia.de/wsl-ist-open-source/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosstopia.de/wsl-ist-open-sour</span><span class="invisible">ce/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindowsSubsystemForLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsSubsystemForLinux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WSL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WSLOpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WSLOpenSource</span></a></p>