If you want to run Linux and Windows 10 or 11, you're probably deciding whether to set up a dual-boot system or install a distribution using Windows Subsystem for Linux, or WSL. Here are some ...

Microsoft has open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), making its source code available on GitHub, except for a few components that are part of Windows.

The LXcore.sys kernel side driver that powers older versions of WSL is still baked into the Windows image and will not be open source… but it’s not really required if you’re running WSL 2 or ...

May 21, 2025 at 7:06 a.m. PT HJBC/Getty Images It took Microsoft long enough, but the company has finally open-sourced its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) code.

Microsoft closes 9-year-old feature request, open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL has also recently added official support for both Fedora and Arch distros.

Step 5: In Windows Explorer, call up the Linux environment via the entry below Linux in the navigation area. Copy the vmlinux file from your home directory to the Windows user profile in the WSL ...

After launching WSL for Windows 10 nearly nine years ago, it has been a multiyear effort at Microsoft to open-source the feature that enables a Linux environment within Windows.