Modernized Storage Spaces Settings
You can now create and manage Storage Spaces from within the Settings app. This includes creating storage pools and storage spaces, adding, and removing disks, and optimizing pools. This new experience provides an accessible, modern experience integrated with other storage features.
Run commands on start up in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
We have added an option that allows you to run any specified Linux command on startup of a WSL distribution. You can accomplish this by editing the
/etc/wsl.conf file in your distribution and adding an option titled “command” under a section titled “boot”. This command will run whenever your specific WSL distribution starts up. The example below shows using this functionality to create a method to log the time and date for each startup of this WSL distro.
Microsoft releases Windows 10 Build 21276 with news and interests on the taskbar
After a brief hiatus for the holidays, Microsoft today rolls out a new Windows 10 preview build for those Insiders in the Dev Channel.
Build 21286 is being offered to all Dev Channel testers and brings with it a major change to the Windows taskbar the addition of a news and interests feed. Advertisement
This change sees Microsoft introducing an integrated feed of dynamic content including news and weather updates, and users will be able to personalize the feed to suit their interests.
Microsoft explains the benefits as:
Staying up to date: Quickly glance at your news and interests directly from the taskbar. Get caught up on the latest headlines, weather, sports, and more, then go back to whatever you were doing without disrupting your workflow. You have convenient access to news and interesting content from over 4,500 global brands such as The New York Times, BBC or The
Microsoft is about to make the Windows 10 taskbar a lot more useful and in a neat, non-distracting way. Ever found yourself opening a new browser tab to check the latest news or match score, or launching an app to see the weather info while working? I do it, a lot. Thankfully, Microsoft is adding a collapsible news and interests feed to the Windows 10 taskbar that is
just a click away and won’t push your ongoing workflow to the background.
Currently available for Windows Insiders only
“With news and interests on the Windows taskbar, you get quick access to an integrated feed of dynamic content such as news and weather that updates throughout the day,” explains Microsoft.
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Preview Build 21286 with New Features Jan 6, 2021 18:50 GMT
Users can now run WSL commands on startup
Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 preview build for Windows insiders, and this time the changelog includes several new features that people are going to love.
Windows 10 build 21286 is live in the Dev channel, and it introduces a news and interests screen on the taskbar, a new UI that provides users with easy access to headlines for the selected categories.
This is more like a feed that users can access right from the taskbar, and without a doubt, it’s something that comes in incredibly handy, especially because the weather is always visible. It’s more like a widget embedded in the taskbar, something that completely overhauls the desktop on Windows 10.