The Windows Subsystem for Linux will soon have a graphical representation for settings. Previously, users had to adjust settings for the tool via a configuration file, but the software will now have a GUI, although the configuration file will still exist.
Microsoft writes in a blog post that it will add a graphical user interface to the Windows Subsystem for Linux in a future version. The gui is intended to control settings for WSL, such as how much memory the tool can use. This is currently only possible via .wslconfig. According to Microsoft, it is not always clear to users which different values they can specify for certain settings. The GUI can display that.
It does not matter whether users change the settings via the GUI or via the config files. Microsoft says existing settings will be taken into account and users can continue to use either method. The WSL GUI will come 'in a future version', but Microsoft does not say when exactly it will be released. It is not clear whether the company will also release them for WSL 1.0 or only for the more recent WSL 2. For example, a number of security features will only be available for WSL 2, the company says.
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WSL gets a number of security integrations, including via Defender for Endpoint. A public preview version of this was already out, but in the next release Defender for Endpoint will be supported in WSL 2. Users can also adjust WSL settings via Intune in the future. Finally, there will also be integration for Entra ID, allowing users to log in to WSL with their Entra ID credentials. A public preview will be released in July and August.
Microsoft will also release a number of other features for WSL, such as a new graphical environment to manage virtual machines, for example. WSL also gets sudo integration for the first time, which Microsoft announced a few months ago.
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