Microsoft is expected to begin rolling out Windows 10 2004 (the Windows 10 20H1 feature update) any day now. One of that release's biggest new features is the second version of the Windows Subsystem ...

A few decades ago, the powers that be at Microsoft characterized Linux and open source in general as a cancer. Today, the company has pretty much embraced and even extended them, acquiring GitHub and ...

In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has started to test the distribution of Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 kernels via Windows Update. When Microsoft announced WSL2, they ...

If you are still running Windows 10 version 1903 or 1909, then you have a nice little present coming as Microsoft just backported Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 to these older versions. With the ...

Microsoft was once apprehensive about Linux, with Steve Ballmer likening the operating system in 2001 to a “cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.” ...

Linux users will soon be able to benefit from support from more Windows 10 builds to work with. Microsoft has announced it will be including Windows 10 1903 and 1909 builds in support for Windows ...

This guide configures the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to natively support USB drivers, including cameras, when they are attached. By following these instructions, you'll build a custom WSL ...

If you discover an issue relating to WSL or the WSL2 kernel, please report it on the WSL GitHub project. It is not possible to report issues on the WSL2-Linux-Kernel project. If you're able to ...

Microsoft has done a few custom Linux projects over the years. There was a Linux-based OS for datacenter network switches and a Linux-based microcontroller OS that it built for its Azure Sphere secure ...