With the release of the Windows 10 Insider Build 18917, Microsoft has made the Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2) available for testing. Now insiders can convert their existing WSL 1 ...

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At its Build 2019 developers conference today, Microsoft announced a slew of offerings for Windows developers, including Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2, XAML Islands, React ...

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 ...

The 0x80072eff WSL error may happen when you try to open the Windows System for Linux or run “wsl.exe” or “wsl” in the Command Prompt. In this post, we will ...

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 ...

Docker Desktop users are unable to execute the WSL command. Some of the victims have just installed Docker Desktop, whereas some of them encountered this issue after ...

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has backported support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) version 2 into Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909. WSL is a Windows 10 component that permits ...