When Microsoft launched its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) back in 2018, it was very clear why: It wanted to provide tools for developers building modern cloud applications. Microsoft needed a way ...

If you can't find your favorite Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution available in the Microsoft Store, a new program called EasyWSL can convert almost any Linux Docker image into a WSL distro. The ...

Linux might be the better choice after all.

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) has brought the Linux kernel to Windows. Does that really matter, you might ask, since WSL already did an excellent job of emulating Linux? Oh yeah it does. It ...

Instead of installing a Windows exe/service for many popular open source programs, has anyone tried running them via Linux containers running in WSL via docker? Is this a feasible option, is ...

Docker Desktop users are unable to execute the WSL command. Some of the victims have just installed Docker Desktop, whereas some of them encountered this issue after ...

I'm done with dual-booting.

Canonical offers Ubuntu Pro for the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The enterprise version includes 15 years of updates and integration with MS management tools. Canonical has released Ubuntu Pro for the ...