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

This How-To, therefore, is going to focus on just the first part of the blog, related to getting WSL running on Windows, and provide some more explicit steps for getting you up and running. If you've ...

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

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'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.

For example, to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with GUI support and automatically install Ubuntu, you would enter the wsl --install -d Ubuntu at a Windows 10 Elevated Command Prompt.

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 ...

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) is being released soon with the May 2020 Update (Windows 10 2004) and comes with new features and performance improvements.

Activate the Windows Subsystem for Linux feature. Jim Salter Reboot to finish installation of the WSL feature. Note that you're not actually done yet—you still need a user environment beneath WSL.

If you see The Windows Subsystem for Linux instance has terminated error while using WSL, use these suggestions to fix the error.