Windows 11 provides a rich GUI, but it also supports various command line interfaces (CLIs) through a modern Terminal app.

Changes to WSL make staying on Windows easier, especially for developers building or running Linux-based AI, container, or dev workloads.

Let’s face it: Not everyone wants to futz with Linux. But within Windows, playing around with Linux is becoming easier and easier—enough that you can get up and running with little more than a single ...

WSL Kernel also referred to as Windows Subsystem for Linux updates automatically on Windows 11. But if you have paused automatic updates or for a reason WSL didn’t update automatically, you can ...

Microsoft is delivering tools to quickly configure Windows PCs as workstations for Windows and Linux development.

WSL 2 distros are now supported on Windows Server 2022. Those who want to use them just need to install a recent KB update and install WSL 2 from a PowerShell window with admin privileges. Microsoft ...

Supporting systemd required changes to the WSL architecture. As systemd requires PID 1, the WSL init process started within the Linux distribution becomes a child process of the systemd. Because the ...

The Windows Dev Docs team on Twitter recently posted an informal poll asking, "Well? What's your go-to command line?" with choices being the cmd Windows command prompt, PowerShell, WSL Bash and Azure ...