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

The Windows Subsystem for Linux has been allowing users to run Linux applications on Windows PCs since 2016, but for most of that time you’ve had to jump through some hoops to enable the feature. Now ...

In recent years, Microsoft has changed its attitude towards the open source operating system Linux. A slimmed-down version can be found, for example, in the Windows subsystem for Linux. This ...

Discover how Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) transformed this user's Windows 11 experience, making file sharing, app usage, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft Corp. said today that Windows Subsystem for Linux is now generally available, with the latest version to be found in the Microsoft Store. WSL, as it’s often called, was previously available ...

WSL Kernel also referred to as Windows Subsystem for Linux updates automatically on Windows 11. But if you have paused automatic updates or for a reason WSL didn’t update automatically, you can ...

Over the past four years, I have written extensively about Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and I have seen it grow during that time from being a mere curiosity to a mature product that has found ...

When the announcement first came out, I immediately tried to install it on my Windows 10 system. The same system that had been running the "feature" version. The same system were I installed WSL using ...

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 ...

Linux GUI app support is now shipping. It's available as part of the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2. Enables the ability to run graphical Linux apps on Windows. Update: Microsoft has since clarified ...