The only thing I find surprising about this is that it took so long. WSL will never be popular with the hoi polloi, but sysadmins and developers love being able to run Linux on their office Windows ...

Linux users are likely familiar with Wine—a piece of software that allows Windows software to be run on Linux. But did you know you can download and run Linux on Windows natively, and through the ...

It took Microsoft long enough, but the company has finally open-sourced its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) code. The announcement was made at the Build 2025 developer conference, closing a nearly ...

Microsoft announced today that the Store version of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is generally available for Windows 10 and 11 customers. With the switch to WSL in the Store, Redmond also moves ...

Hackers are showing an increased interest in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as an attack surface as they build new malware, the more advanced samples being suitable for espionage and ...

Earlier, the process to install Windows Subsystem for Linux is too complicated, involving many packages. You need to work around multiple settings and install WSL on ...

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 ...

There are many open source programs (aka code that’s accessible to the public) out there for both Linux and Windows. For programs and tools where that’s not the case, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), one of the best reasons to run Windows 11, is now available to Windows 10 users, in the latest version and with all its features. WSL dropped its “preview” label ...

Open WSL Terminal. Navigate the root directory or top folder inside of the Terminal. Type in explorer.exe and hit Enter to open that location inside of the File Explorer. After you access these files ...

Opening a Linux terminal on a Windows 10 desktop can help you practice your Linux skills and explore Windows from an entirely different point of view. In this post, we look at Ubuntu 18.04 running ...

In our main Windows 11 review posted earlier this week, we covered the majority of new features and design decisions in Microsoft’s newest consumer OS—and it feels reasonable to characterize the ...