Microsoft says the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can now be installed on Windows 10, version 2004 or later using a single terminal command. "In the latest Windows Insider Preview builds, you can ...

Microsoft's latest Windows 10 preview lets users attach and mount a physical disk inside their Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) distribution of choice. The new feature is available in Windows 10 ...

When Microsoft introduced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), it opened a whole new world of productivity for developers, sysadmins, and tinkerers alike. WSL allows you to run a Linux environment ...

Over a year ago, Microsoft announced that it is working with hardware vendors to offer GPU-accelerated training of machine learning (ML) models on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). A preview for this ...

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has backported support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) version 2 into Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909. WSL is a Windows 10 component that permits ...

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 2004 preview cumulative update that fixes a bug that breaks the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2). When the Windows 10 KB4571756 cumulative update was ...

Windows 10's Windows System for Linux (WSL) will soon let developers run Linux GUI apps, while Linux guests on Windows will soon gain access to GPU power for hardware acceleration. WSL is currently ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux is tool that lets you install a Linux distribution on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer, allowing you to run some Linux tools without rebooting or firing up a ...

Microsoft has today announced that it is backporting WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2) to Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909. The support comes via a cumulative update that is rolling out to both ...

Make sure to save your work on any of the distros you are working on as it will close when you restart the WSL service. You can start WSL again by clicking on the application icon on the Desktop or ...

WSL will not work on your computer if the feature itself is disabled, this seems self-explanatory, but a lot of users tend to leave WSL disabled when trying to access the feature. This problem can ...

Having been first teased earlier this year, Arch Linux is now officially available to download and install on Microsoft's WSL on Windows 11 (via It's FOSS). It comes a couple of weeks on from another ...