WSL 2 Architecture: How Windows Runs a Linux Kernel

Microsoft Developer · Talk · 58 min · 2019 · YouTube title: The new Windows subsystem for Linux architecture: a deep dive - BRK3068

Why it's here

HN points to it as the authoritative source for how WSL2 works and why Microsoft rebuilt it.

What it covers

A Microsoft Build 2019 session in which the WSL team explains the new WSL 2 architecture, which runs a real Linux kernel alongside Windows on a hypervisor. It covers faster file performance, Linux file access from Windows and better application support.