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Microsoft's WSL2 Transitions To Linux 6.6 LTS Kernel
The kernel powering Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) has long been using the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel while finally it's now upgraded past that aging long-term support kernel and onto the current Linux 6.6 LTS series.
In the jump from Linux 5.15 to 6.6 LTS also means carrying less out-of-tree patches thanks to all the upstreaming work over the past three years. Downloads and more details on this new Linux 6.6 based kernel now deploying to WSL2 users can be found via the WSL2-Linux-Kernel GitHub repository. With that said, it sounds like a good opportunity for running some new Microsoft WSL2 Linux benchmarks as time allows in the coming weeks.
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