hands on If you're building a website that will eventually be hosted on a Linux server (as so many are), you have a couple of ...

Start your Linux distribution again, and you will see that systemd is running as PID 1, indicating it is running as the service and system manager for WSL.

Malicious Linux binaries for WSL were first discovered over a year ago, with researchers at Lumen Technologies’ Black Lotus Labs publishing a report on this new type of threat in September 2021.

This How-To, therefore, is going to focus on just the first part of the blog, related to getting WSL running on Windows, and provide some more explicit steps for getting you up and running. If you've ...

Even the settings and installing software is easy for a Linux noob and actually much better/simpler than windows (seriously what sub menu in control panel do I need now, sound or sound and audio ...

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 has rolled out Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) version 0.65.1 for all Windows Insiders. The update packs a bunch of new features and is scheduled for general availability soon.

The Windows Subsystem for Linux recently received an update to version 0.65.1. The update will first roll out to Insiders in all rings and then will ship to everyone else at a later date.

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.

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), one of the best reasons to run Windows 11, is now available to Windows 10 users, in the latest version and with all its features. WSL dropped its "preview ...