Windows 10 Build 21364 - Support for Linux GUI apps, Task Manager improvements, Eco mode + MORE!
This Wednesday, Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 21364 with quite a few changes... For example, you can now run Linux GUI apps through WSL, instead of being limited to command line interfaces. There are also Task Manager improvements for Microsoft Edge, new Eco mode and more! ➤ FULL CHANGELOG: ✓ https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/04/21/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-21364/ WHAT'S NEW IN BUILD 21364? Run Linux GUI applications directly on Windows using the first preview of GUI app support on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) The Windows Subsystem for Linux now includes a first preview of support for GUI applications! This means you can now run your favorite GUI editors, tools, and applications, to develop, test, build and run your Linux apps! Please view the video below for a demo: TASK MANAGER SUPPORTS MICROSOFT EDGE PROCESS CLASSIFICATION We partnered with the Microsoft Edge team to support process classification in Task Manager. This will help you to identify resource consumption under Microsoft Edge. The classification is broken down to several different components like Tabs, Browser processes (Browser, GPU Process, Crashpad), Utility plugins (Utility: Audio Service Extensions), Dedicated & Service workers etc. It also features separate icons for each process to help you identify them including fav icon for website. Head over to this Microsoft Edge blog post for a list of detailed improvements. NOTE: This feature is available to Windows Insiders that are running the latest Microsoft Edge Canary or Dev builds. Insiders can download the latest version here. This feature is also rolling out to a subset of Insiders in the Dev Channel at first, to help us quickly identify issues that may impact performance and reliability. Rest assured they will be gradually rolled out to everyone in the Dev Channel. ECO MODE IN TASK MANAGER Task Manager has a new experimental feature in this build called “Eco mode” which provides users with an option to throttle process resources. It will also help identify apps that are already running in Eco mode. This feature is helpful when you notice an app consuming high resources and would like to limit its consumption so that the system gives priority to other apps which will lead to faster foreground responsiveness and better energy efficiency. Here is how to enable Eco mode for any process: 1. Open Task Manager. 2. Click on Processes tab. 3. Right-click on a child process or an individual process. 4. Click on “Eco mode” in the context menu to apply throttling. 5. The status column in the Processes tab should show Eco mode for the process. This same process also works on the Details tab too. If “Eco mode” is greyed out, then it’s a parent/group process. You can expand the process tree to apply Eco mode on one of its child processes. And if Microsoft Edge (or Chrome) is showing “Eco mode” as enabled but you did not apply it, this is due to both Microsoft Edge and Chrome experimenting with lowering base priority and applying power efficiency APIs to improve performance which is similar to what Task Manager is doing to identify “Eco” efficient apps. You may see other apps with “Eco mode” if they adapt to similar techniques to improve performance. You can submit feedback on these recent Task Manager changes in Feedback Hub under Desktop Environment Task Manager. NOTE: This feature is rolling out to a subset of Insiders in the Dev Channel at first, to help us quickly identify issues that may impact performance and reliability. Rest assured they will be gradually rolled out to everyone in the Dev Channel. Japanese 50-on touch keyboard We’re excited to introduce a new touch keyboard layout for Japanese, 50-on touch keyboard. 50-on touch keyboard is a popular layout widely used for Kiosk devices in Japan. It allows you to input Japanese texts intuitively without knowing how to compose Hiragana characters. You can switch to 50-on layout from [⚙] [50-on]. It also provides alphabet and symbol views newly designed specifically for the layout. You may notice some known issues where inserting a full-width space using Shift key doesn’t work and typing some characters shows garbled suggestion candidates. We’re actively working on addressing them. Thank you for your patience. We’re looking forward to your feedback via [Give feedback] menu! Changes and Improvements Based on feedback, we’re updating the notification that used to say “We need to fix your account (most likely your password changed)”, to be more representative of what it’s for, and now say “Select here to sign in to your account to continue using apps between this device and your other devices.” When you turn on or off night light manually, for example via the Action Center, night light will now turn on immediately rather than slowly transition. #21H2 #Build21364 #devchannel #KB5001030 #0x80092004 #SunValley #WindowsInsiders
This Wednesday, Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 21364 with quite a few changes... For example, you can now run Linux GUI apps through WSL, instead of being limited to command line interfaces. There are also Task Manager improvements for Microsoft Edge, new Eco mode and more! ➤ FULL CHANGELOG: ✓ https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/04/21/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-21364/ WHAT'S NEW IN BUILD 21364? Run Linux GUI applications directly on Windows using the first preview of GUI app support on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) The Windows Subsystem for Linux now includes a first preview of support for GUI applications! This means you can now run your favorite GUI editors, tools, and applications, to develop, test, build and run your Linux apps! Please view the video below for a demo: TASK MANAGER SUPPORTS MICROSOFT EDGE PROCESS CLASSIFICATION We partnered with the Microsoft Edge team to support process classification in Task Manager. This will help you to identify resource consumption under Microsoft Edge. The classification is broken down to several different components like Tabs, Browser processes (Browser, GPU Process, Crashpad), Utility plugins (Utility: Audio Service Extensions), Dedicated & Service workers etc. It also features separate icons for each process to help you identify them including fav icon for website. Head over to this Microsoft Edge blog post for a list of detailed improvements. NOTE: This feature is available to Windows Insiders that are running the latest Microsoft Edge Canary or Dev builds. Insiders can download the latest version here. This feature is also rolling out to a subset of Insiders in the Dev Channel at first, to help us quickly identify issues that may impact performance and reliability. Rest assured they will be gradually rolled out to everyone in the Dev Channel. ECO MODE IN TASK MANAGER Task Manager has a new experimental feature in this build called “Eco mode” which provides users with an option to throttle process resources. It will also help identify apps that are already running in Eco mode. This feature is helpful when you notice an app consuming high resources and would like to limit its consumption so that the system gives priority to other apps which will lead to faster foreground responsiveness and better energy efficiency. Here is how to enable Eco mode for any process: 1. Open Task Manager. 2. Click on Processes tab. 3. Right-click on a child process or an individual process. 4. Click on “Eco mode” in the context menu to apply throttling. 5. The status column in the Processes tab should show Eco mode for the process. This same process also works on the Details tab too. If “Eco mode” is greyed out, then it’s a parent/group process. You can expand the process tree to apply Eco mode on one of its child processes. And if Microsoft Edge (or Chrome) is showing “Eco mode” as enabled but you did not apply it, this is due to both Microsoft Edge and Chrome experimenting with lowering base priority and applying power efficiency APIs to improve performance which is similar to what Task Manager is doing to identify “Eco” efficient apps. You may see other apps with “Eco mode” if they adapt to similar techniques to improve performance. You can submit feedback on these recent Task Manager changes in Feedback Hub under Desktop Environment Task Manager. NOTE: This feature is rolling out to a subset of Insiders in the Dev Channel at first, to help us quickly identify issues that may impact performance and reliability. Rest assured they will be gradually rolled out to everyone in the Dev Channel. Japanese 50-on touch keyboard We’re excited to introduce a new touch keyboard layout for Japanese, 50-on touch keyboard. 50-on touch keyboard is a popular layout widely used for Kiosk devices in Japan. It allows you to input Japanese texts intuitively without knowing how to compose Hiragana characters. You can switch to 50-on layout from [⚙] [50-on]. It also provides alphabet and symbol views newly designed specifically for the layout. You may notice some known issues where inserting a full-width space using Shift key doesn’t work and typing some characters shows garbled suggestion candidates. We’re actively working on addressing them. Thank you for your patience. We’re looking forward to your feedback via [Give feedback] menu! Changes and Improvements Based on feedback, we’re updating the notification that used to say “We need to fix your account (most likely your password changed)”, to be more representative of what it’s for, and now say “Select here to sign in to your account to continue using apps between this device and your other devices.” When you turn on or off night light manually, for example via the Action Center, night light will now turn on immediately rather than slowly transition. #21H2 #Build21364 #devchannel #KB5001030 #0x80092004 #SunValley #WindowsInsiders