The company pledged to add a native kernel several months ago, as a more robust replacement for the more emulation-based version in current builds.
Members of the Windows Insider Program can now download Build 18917 (20H1), the first to contain Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2).
Benefits of the new version include being able to put Linux files straight into the root file system of your Linux instance. When you’re using Windows, you’ll be able to access all your Linux files without switching.
