Microsoft has announced that CachyOS will now be officially supported in its Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Nov 8, 2026, 9:32 PM ETProductRead the original at lxer.com

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Microsoft confirmed official WSL support for CachyOS, giving Windows users another Linux option. This could make Windows more useful to developers, but the story reports no sales gain.

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More Linux choices can make Windows a better fit for developers who use Linux tools. That may help keep them on Microsoft's platform. The report gives no sales or customer figures, so the size of the business benefit is unknown.

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