Let’s face it: Not everyone wants to futz with Linux. But within Windows, playing around with Linux is becoming easier and easier—enough that you can get up and running with little more than a single ...

Changes to WSL make staying on Windows easier, especially for developers building or running Linux-based AI, container, or dev workloads.

WSL 2 distros are now supported on Windows Server 2022. Those who want to use them just need to install a recent KB update and install WSL 2 from a PowerShell window with admin privileges. Microsoft ...

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 ...

The Windows Dev Docs team on Twitter recently posted an informal poll asking, "Well? What's your go-to command line?" with choices being the cmd Windows command prompt, PowerShell, WSL Bash and Azure ...

Supporting systemd required changes to the WSL architecture. As systemd requires PID 1, the WSL init process started within the Linux distribution becomes a child process of the systemd. Because the ...

Microsoft is delivering tools to quickly configure Windows PCs as workstations for Windows and Linux development.

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is launching a new command line app for Windows, dubbed Windows ...