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 ...

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 ...

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a very useful capability that Microsoft added to Windows 10 in 2017. It enables developers to run GNU/Linux environments directly in Windows without requiring ...

Once we have enabled WSL and rebooted the PC, the next step is to download and install the Fedora/ RHEL root filesystem. After the zip file is downloaded, the next step is to extract it. If the ...

Microsoft included a new Terminal app with the 2022 update of Windows 11, and it quickly became one of my go-to apps. Before ...

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 ...

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, ...