When Microsoft launched its Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) back in 2018, it was very clear why: It wanted to provide tools for developers building modern cloud applications. Microsoft needed a way ...

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A step-by-step guide to enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and install Ubuntu on Windows 10 or Windows 11, allowing you to run Linux commands and applications directly on your Windows machine.

Windows isn’t everyone’s OS of choice, but many developers working professionally are required to use it. Fortunately, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) gives easy access to Ubuntu and the wider Linux ...

Canonical offers Ubuntu Pro for the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The enterprise version includes 15 years of updates and integration with MS management tools. Canonical has released Ubuntu Pro for the ...

If you forget your password while trying to run sudo from your WSL terminal, there's an easy way to reset it. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) allows you to run a Linux terminal from a Windows 10 or ...

Ubuntu is probably the most used distro on WSL, not least because it can be installed as the default distro. But Canonical ...

Both Ubuntu 21.10 and Windows 11 are arriving next month, with the public release dates being October 14 for the former, and about a week prior on October 5 for Windows 11. As such, a recent ...