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Not sure how they could improve filesystem performance, since they have previously explained that the slowness is from going through the Windows FS stack that has hooks at like five different levels. So do they now somehow sidestep the Windows' FS? How would that work?

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As they're using a linux kernel, I wonder if they're using an ext4 filesystem for the wsl stuff, hosted in a file image on NTFS? Windows apps could still get access to the wsl files via the 9P file server.

Yes they are. It's an ext4 VHD, mounted under WSL.

Oh man that sucks! Now you have to worry about resizing the partition and disk all the time. It was so awesome not having to worry about that!

Makes sense. Thanks. I quite look forward to checking it out.

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