The first of a five-part series on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which became a fully supported feature of the latest release of Windows 10. With the release of the Windows 10 Fall ...

Earlier, the process to install Windows Subsystem for Linux is too complicated, involving many packages. You need to work around multiple settings and install WSL on ...

Microsoft says the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can now be installed on Windows 10, version 2004 or later using a single terminal command. "In the latest Windows Insider Preview builds, you can ...

If you've ever suffered through a painful Windows update or watched in disbelief as your MacBook decided to slow to a crawl and switch its fan into jumbo-jet-at-takeoff mode, you know that there's one ...

With the release of the Windows 10 Insider Build 18917, Microsoft has made the Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2) available for testing. Now insiders can convert their existing WSL 1 ...

Explore the hidden challenges that make WSL a less-than-ideal solution for a real Linux environment.

We have to admit, we have an odd fascination with WSL — the Windows subsystem for Linux. On the one hand, it gives us more options on Windows 10 for running the software we love. On the other hand, we ...

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 ...

Moving from Windows to Linux? Here are the networking commands to use instead—plus a WSL bonus.

The first of a five-part series on Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which became a fully supported feature of the latest release of Windows 10. With the release of the Windows 10 Fall ...