Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), making its source code available on GitHub, except for a few components that are part of Windows. This marks a milestone for a project ...

Developers will be able to download the WSL code and build it from source to help with fixes or features. Developers will be able to download the WSL code and build it from source to help with fixes ...

Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux has become an important tool for developers and power users since it was introduced in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update back in 2016, giving them access to a ...

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit. Open source software may not earn the company direct ...

Windows 11 broke the basics; these tools put order back ...

I spent a weekend using a version of Windows that isn't Windows—an operating system that runs Windows programs but contains zero Microsoft code. ReactOS has been in development since 1998, with ...

The ReactOS project, which is developing a Windows XP-compatible operating system, is celebrating its 30th birthday.