And, Canonical, we now know, wants to see the Ubuntu Linux desktop succeed in a new frontier: Windows SubSystem for Linux (WSL). Ubuntu was the first Linux supported by WSL on Windows 10.

Microsoft is making its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) open-source today, opening up the code for community members to ...

The announcement closes a nearly nine-year-old request from the developer community, and signals a new era of collaboration between Microsoft and open-source contributors.

There have been unofficial versions for years, but Arch Linux is now officially on the menu for people using Windows Subsystem for ... Arch's numbers at about double Ubuntu's.

In this post, we look at Ubuntu 18.04 running through Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Believe it or not, it’s possible to open a Linux terminal on a Windows 10 system and you might be ...

Microsoft announced that Ubuntu has arrived in the Windows Store. The company also revealed that it is working with Fedora and Suse to bring their distributions to the Windows Subsystem for Linux ...

Though Windows is popular with consumers due to its ease of use and flexibility, Linux has an enormous share of the professional market. Whether you're just looking to dabble or you're looking for ...

Yes, you can access Windows files from the Linux subsystem and vice versa. Sharing and accessing Windows files from the Linux subsystem using the WSL terminal is possible. You need to open the ...

For programs and tools where that’s not the case, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux ... a user name and password for the Linux account. Update the Ubuntu system with: sudo apt update && sudo ...

If you encounter The Windows Subsystem for Linux instance has terminated error while using WSL, use the following fixes to resolve this error. Shut down WSL and start ...