Open the Debian terminal on your Windows machine and type or paste in this command: cat /etc/os-release. It will print ...

Windows Terminal is also great for customization. You can change the appearance of the prompts, pick custom fonts, adjust ...

Microsoft is making available today, October 11, a preview version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows 11 in the Microsoft Store. This isn't a new version of WSL; Microsoft is just ...

Windows 10 users are in for a treat as Microsoft recently made the Windows Subsystem for Linux available for the past operating system of the computers, to access and use on their devices. Users may ...

Could we one day see that instead of Linux being the subsystem it could be Windows Linux with Windows subsystem? I've had a feeling for 10 plus years that's where it would end up.

Microsoft has just made the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) available in the Microsoft Store for Windows 11 systems. WSL is the application that allows Windows users to run a GNU/Linux environment ...

Why it matters: The tiny Linux kernel hidden within Windows has grown, and is now a proper, stable part of the operating system thanks to the Microsoft Store integration. Updates will be easier and ...

Microsoft and Canonical have teamed up to add systemd support to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, allowing a larger number of compatible apps to be installed. systemd is a Linux software application ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has transformed the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) into an ...

This How-To, therefore, is going to focus on just the first part of the blog, related to getting WSL running on Windows, and provide some more explicit steps for getting you up and running. If you've ...

Wine has become a highly optimized and useful piece of software for those that live in Linux, but occasionally need to walk on the Windows side. In case you’d wondered, there’s a similar tool for when ...

Microsoft declared this week that Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL2) is now available for installation on Windows Server 2022. WSL is a component that supports running Linux dev tools (but ...