Open the Debian terminal on your Windows machine and type or paste in this command: cat /etc/os-release. It will print ...

Windows 10's Windows System for Linux (WSL) will soon let developers run Linux GUI apps, while Linux guests on Windows will soon gain access to GPU power for hardware acceleration. WSL is ...

On Windows 11, you can use Ollama either natively or through WSL, with the latter being potentially important for developers.

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 ...

At Build 2020, Microsoft released Windows Terminal 1.0 and announced WSL 2 is getting support for GPUs, Linux GUI apps, and a simplified install experience.

Microsoft’s relationship with Linux has changed a lot in recent years. The company includes a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) that lets developers and power users run a Linux terminal within ...

It should be noted that we are not talking about the Linux GUI in Windows, but about the implementation of some functions of the Windows for Linux (WSL) subsystem in the Microsoft OS interface. The ...

Now, Microsoft promises that running Linux GUI applications on WSL will be as easy as running them on native Linux. That said, WSL 2 is meant primarily for programmers.

Microsoft is allowing Windows 10 testers to try out Linux GUI apps. Full audio and GPU hardware acceleration is enabled, so Linux GUI apps can run alongside regular Windows ones.

Microsoft envisioned the Windows Subsystem for Linux or WSL simply as a way for developers and system administrators to stay on Windows even while they work on their Linux-specific tasks on the ...