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GitHub Improves Launching of Its Atom Editor from Windows Subsystem for Linux

As teased last month when Atom 1.18 was promoted to the Beta channel, along with the stable Atom 1.17 release, the biggest new feature is the integration of both Git and GitHub directly into the heart of Atom. But Atom 1.18 also improves launching from WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), adds a new option to allow users to restore the previous session each time they open the app, and a new setting for displaying context in find-and-replace.

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