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

Over the past four years, I have written extensively about Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and I have seen it grow during that time from being a mere curiosity to a mature product that has found ...

Tom installs and uses Edge DX to monitor his WSL Linux instance and explains how to access files from and to Windows systems. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) allows you to run Linux on Windows ...

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

At its recent Build conference Microsoft introduced the second version of its Windows Subsystem for Linux. It’s a major reworking of the original WSL concept, moving away from translating Linux system ...

I am using Windows 10 Pro v1803 on a Ryzen CPU and am trying to install a new OS on VirtualBox and am running into an issue that only 32-bit OSes are displayed as being supported. Since I want to ...

Docker announced that its native Docker Desktop Windows application will soon switch to the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) from the Windows-native Hyper-V virtualization it currently uses. WSL ...

Windows 10's Windows System for Linux (WSL) will soon let developers run Linux GUI apps, while Linux guests on Windows will soon gain access to GPU power for hardware acceleration. WSL is currently ...

Microsoft now allows users of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run commands automatically on WSL distribution startup. WSL is a compatibility layer designed by Microsoft to makes it possible ...

WSL is a way that you can run Linux distributions under Windows without dual-booting or running virtualization software like VMWare or Virtual Box. Importing a Distribution You will use WSL in several ...

The 0x80072eff WSL error may happen when you try to open the Windows System for Linux or run “wsl.exe” or “wsl” in the Command Prompt. In this post, we will ...

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 ...