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AMA: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

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Do you want to run Linux apps and tools on your Windows machine? Do you want to learn about the latest features and updates in WSL? Do you have any questions or feedback for the WSL team? Join us for...
Char_Cheesman
Updated Dec 27, 2024
Technical Takeoff
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BryanDam
Brass Contributor
Nov 30, 2023
Is there _any_ chance at all that the team will put any kind of meaningful effort into solving the long-standing problem of WSL trashing systems by consuming every available resource: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/6982 Two years and _hundreds_ of confirmed repro's ... and the only one seemingly taking any kind of interest in it is a Microsoft retiree.
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    Char_Cheesman
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    Nov 30, 2023

    Thanks for participating in today's AMA: Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)! For reference, the panel covered this topic at around 22:25.

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      Scott_Wertz
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 30, 2023
      Is this correct? I don't hear this question mentioned at 22:00.
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        BryanDam
        Brass Contributor
        Nov 30, 2023

        Scott_Wertz: You can see them address it at 22:21 https://youtu.be/GjudJs_Q-8k?t=1341

        Craig Loewen: Sorry if that question came off as aggressive but it's borne out of very real pain by a non-trivial number of people trying to use WSL. The problem, as is well documented in the linked GitHub issue, is not general WSL perf which is, in general, great. The problem is that even running proverbial 'Hello World' there are persistent situations where WSL consumes all available CPU and memory. As in: I have a i9 with 64Gb of memory that is 100% utilized by WSL such that it takes 10-20minutes to kill WSL to get back to sanity.

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