Chipping away at that OS image one component at a time
Microsoft has broken its long-running record of tedium with Windows 10 Insider builds by shunting the newly added Linux kernel into Windows Update.
First mooted back in March by program manager Craig Loewen, the change removes the Linux kernel from the Windows Image and instead flings it at Windows Update. The shift means that updates can be managed without having to wait for the Windows crew to do its thing with the OS as whole.
The Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) is a highlight in the May 2020 Update, ditching the translation layer of old in favour of something more virtualized. (Although, in true Redmondian style, Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away.
