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.

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 ...

Microsoft's latest Insider Build 20150 allows you to install the Windows Subsystem for Linx 2 via a typed command, and adds GPU compute support via Nvidia's CUDA.

Open the Debian terminal on your Windows machine and type or paste in this command: cat /etc/os-release. It will print ...

Today, I'm installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux on a brand new Windows 10 tablet PC. And yes, I'll do it all live, without a net, and with a high probability of falling flat on my face.

Windows 11/10 supports the installation of a number of distros that come under Windows Subsystem for Linux. But even when these distros are installed users have reported encountering Windows ...

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 ...

Microsoft declared this week that Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL2) is now available for installation on Windows Server 2022.

On Microsoft's official support page, the Windows company now explains how users can install Linux for free.

Now that it's been released with the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build, find out how to install, enable and use WSL 2.