Removing everything and then attempting the hail-mary of installing straight from the store (shows version 1.0.0.0 installed) results in a Windows Subsystem for Linux entry in the start menu, but ...

It should be noted that we are not talking about the Linux GUI in Windows, but about the implementation of some functions of the Windows for Linux (WSL) subsystem in the Microsoft OS interface. The ...

Now it’s graduating to stable status with the release of WSL 2 version 1.0.0 and Microsoft says the Windows Subsystem for Linux is now generally available for Windows 10 and 11.

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables the start of a Linux system and the use of Linux applications under Windows. Performance can also be improved with a new kernel.

Windows Subsystem for Linux version 1.0.0 includes hundreds of bug fixes and improvements. The generally available version of WSL in the Microsoft Store brings the same Linux GUI app support to ...

Microsoft recently shipped a new update for the Windows Subsystem for Linux, bringing it to version 2.0.0. The update ships with several opt-in experimental features, including automated memory, a ...

The basic issue is that VirtualBox and VMWare Workstation are type 2 hypervisors, that run under Windows. Hyper-V looks like a type 2 hypervisor, but is actually a type 1 hypervisor.