The Linux political wars have been percolating for a month now, and depending on what side you belong to, the decision by Red Hat to restrict source code distribution for Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...

It didn’t, however, make Lxcore.sys, P9rdr.sys, or p9np.dll open source, as they are part of Windows. If you want to download the source code for version 2.5.7, GitHub is the place to go.

The other component that will remain closed source are the P9rdr.sys and p9np.dll files that make it possible to use “\wsl.localhost” for filesystem redirection from Windows to Linux.

HJBC/Getty Images It took Microsoft long enough, but the company has finally open-sourced its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) code. The announcement was made at the Build 2025 developer ...

Open source, open science, and cryptography GitHub calls for major expansion in open source funding from the EU Can't (or won't) upgrade to Windows 11, but afraid to switch from Windows 10 to Linux?

My colleague Paul Barker did an excellent article on this in itworldcanada.com and in Channel Daily News (where he’s the editor) entitled Red Hat turns the world of open source Linux upside down.

This state made the open-source shift, and chances are it won't be the last. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor June 16, 2025 at 1:49 a.m. PT querbeet/Getty Images ...

Microsoft is making its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) open-source today, opening up the code for community members to contribute to. After launching WSL for Windows 10 nearly nine years ago ...