A massive set of changes to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) was rolled into Windows Insider build 15002, which started shipping to Windows 10 users yesterday. Microsoft’s plans for WSL remain ...

Linux Bash shell came to Windows 10 recently as part of the latest Windows Insider preview build. Immediately, people began to experiment, some to see how well the shell was implemented, while others ...

Microsoft explained a little more about its support for the Bash shell on Windows, as unveiled during its Build keynote talk on Wednesday. The Bash shell actually is the native Bash command line tool ...

But if you want to browse the internet, stream, or use most productivity software or office suites, you’ll find a capable ...

Details on Microsoft's support for the Bash shell on Windows have surfaced after its initial Build keynote announcement. The Bash shell actually is the native Bash command line tool running on Windows ...

Microsoft, with the release of the Windows 10 anniversary update, gave their users a gift: the ability to run Linux (Ubuntu) on it. In a previous article, I explained how to enable Linux on Windows ...

The fairly recent appearance of bash on Windows, more properly known as “bash on Ubuntu on Windows” gives Windows some special appeal to those of us who love living on the command line. And it’s not ...

Microsoft's self-professed love for Linux seemingly has no bounds. According to a session description from the company's Build 2016 developer conference which leaked overnight, Microsoft is planning ...

by Rob Williams — Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 03:44 PM EDT We learned a couple of weeks ago that Microsoft and Canonical would be teaming up to bring some Linux goodness to Windows 10, and a mere week ...

Microsoft’s Linux love affair continued at the company’s annual Build keynote on Monday, with the revelation that popular Linux command-line tool Bash is coming to Windows 10. Whoa. The blog of ...

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 ...

If you're looking to jump from Windows 10 to Linux, and you have specific apps you need to use that aren't available on the open-source platform, here's how to get around that.