The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell. One of the strengths of the Windows Subsystem for ...

Switching to Linux has always been hyped up as a leap of faith in computing circles, as though using anything besides Windows and macOS would cost you dearly. Sure, it costs you time to set up Linux ...

Microsoft now allows users of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run commands automatically on WSL distribution startup. WSL is a compatibility layer designed by Microsoft to makes it possible ...

This is the third article in a series on using Microsoft Windows Subsystem on Linux (WSL). The first article discussed how to enable Linux on Windows and install it on an ESXi server. The second ...

If you’ve used Linux from the early days (or, like me, started with Unix), you didn’t have to learn as much right away and as things have become more complex, you can kind of pick things up as you go.

An Ubuntu Bash shell as a Windows app? Fantastic! Here's how to proceed. Microsoft has ruled the operating system world for many years, and it's staggering to see how many computers run Microsoft ...

I have a C program, and want to run some other program ("ftp", if you must know). I also want to be able to feed commands (like "open <hostname>") into ftp's stdin. However, my attempts haven't been ...

What superpowers? eBPF gives you the power to run programs in the Linux kernel without changing the kernel source code or adding additional modules. In effect, it acts as a lightweight (VM) inside the ...

Microsoft built a Linux subsystem for Windows for Project Astoria, its system for running Android apps on Windows 10 Mobile. But in February the company confirmed that Astoria was dead, as it rather ...

When Microsoft announced Windows 10 S, one of the main distinctions from vanilla Windows 10 was that only Windows Store applications would run on the education-focused OS. But it turns out when ...