--- title: Microsoft Upgrades Its WSL2 Kernel Against Linux 6.18 LTS description: Microsoft has released linux-msft-wsl-6.18.20.1, updating the WSL2 kernel from the Linux 6.6 LTS series to the current Linux 6.18 LTS series. The jump allows... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-upgrades-its-wsl2-kernel-against-linux-6-18-lts-wrx1qbyi1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Upgrades Its WSL2 Kernel Against Linux 6.18 LTS | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft has released linux-msft-wsl-6.18.20.1, updating the WSL2 kernel from the Linux 6.6 LTS series to the current Linux 6.18 LTS series. 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The new kernel also enables F2FS and ExFAT file-system support, ANON_VMA_NAME, CAN bus options, joystick interface, and USB monitor support. The ARM64 build now limits itself to FAT support only. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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