Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has allowed users to install a Linux distribution and run command line applications since Windows 10 first launched in 2015. Initially aimed at developers ...

If you're using Ubuntu on WSL, did you know you can have a GUI package manager to use as well as the command line? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The Kali Linux Team is harnessing the power of the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by spawning a graphic desktop environment that is shown directly within Windows. When the Windows Subsystem for Linux ...

At Build 2020 today, Microsoft gave developers a slew of new tools to coax them into using Windows over macOS or Linux. Windows Terminal is now out of preview for enterprises, and Windows Subsystem ...

In context: Though it's taken quite a while, Microsoft has finally begun to repair its reputation within the Linux community. Indeed, recently, the tech giant went so far as to admit that it was on ...

Canonical CEO and founder Mark Shuttleworth recently said he sees more demand for the Ubuntu Linux desktop than ever. True. "We never got the desktop into the consumer space. We're still happy to give ...

When it comes to WSL, most go for Ubuntu or Fedora and there's a good reason for it. The learning curve is close to zero, whether you’re familiar with Linux or not. Plus there’s enough documentation ...

As Xfce4 is one of the most common and widely supported GUIs for Linux, it is the one I will be installing in this article. I will be accessing it using Microsoft RDP with xRDP as the RDP server on ...

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This beta version of Windows 10 is the forerunner of the next major Windows 10 update: Windows 10 Redstone 1 (a k a Anniversary Update). This release, AKA Windows 10 SP1, will be out this summer. In ...