The Windows Subsystem for Linux allows you to download and install Linux and run command-line tools (and soon full-fledged desktop apps) on a Windows 10 computer. But installing a Linux distro using ...

Installing Linux distributions using WSL is simple enough. The official Microsoft Store has plenty of distros to choose from, ...

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 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 ...

Windows 10's latest flagship feature is the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and it allows you to run Linux distributions directly within the Windows 10 operating system. In the next feature update, ...

I brought up an Administrator Windows console and entered wsl --list and was informed that WSL had no installed distributions and I should visit the Microsoft Store to download one (Figure 3). From ...

Microsoft released improvements to its Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL) in a Windows 10 preview build on Wednesday, with features benefiting newcomers and developers alike. As part of the update, ...

Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for running GNU/Linux environments on Windows 10 and Windows 11 has reached version 1.0.0 and is now generally available. Microsoft has been building WSL, ...

Last week, Microsoft and Canonical (the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution) were scheduled to host a developer conference focused on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) at Microsoft’s ...

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 ...

Windows 11 KB5072033 update is causing issues with WSL when it's used with a VPN, and the white flashes in File Explorer are ...

The Windows 10 KB4571756 security update released yesterday is reportedly breaking Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) compatibility layer. This issue prevents Windows 10 2004 users from ...