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Building WSL-UI: The Microsoft Store Journey
From Tauri MSI to Microsoft Store listing - creating MSIX packages, becoming a Microsoft Partner, and navigating the publishing maze.
Building WSL-UI: Registry Surgery and Container Imports
Deep dive into renaming WSL distributions by editing the Windows Registry, and pulling OCI images directly from registries without Docker.
Building WSL-UI: Mock Mode and Fake Distros
How I built a complete mock environment for developing and testing a WSL management app without touching real distributions.
Building WSL-UI: A Christmas Project with Tauri
How a DevOps engineer spent the Christmas break building a modern desktop app for managing WSL2 distributions using Tauri, React, and Rust.
Running Podman on Windows with WSL: A Practical Guide
Learn how to set up Podman on Windows using WSL and Podman Desktop, including solutions for common volume mounting and permissions issues.
Building a Rich Shell Experience: Modern CLI Tools for Developers
Discover how modern CLI tools like mise, fzf, bat, zoxide, and atuin can transform your terminal into a powerful development environment
WSL UI is Now on the Microsoft Store
After months of development and a nerve-wracking certification process, WSL UI v0.14.0 is officially available on the Microsoft Store.
Welcome to the WSL UI Blog
Introducing our new blog where we'll share WSL tips, tutorials, and WSL UI updates.