The WSL2 feature enables a complete Linux system with full compatibility, running an actual Linux kernel in a lightweight and ...

Once WSL is installed, you can then go to the Microsoft Store and search for WSL Arch Linux. To install it, simply click on the Get button and it will be downloaded and installed from the Store.

One reason that I've stuck with WSL on Windows, to the point that I install it on every new Windows machine I get, instead of ...

WSL 2 is also getting support for Linux GUI apps, though exactly when is unclear. “We’ll have more to share on timing of Linux GUI app support later this year,” a Microsoft spokesperson said.

Once rebooted and WSL is installed, you can go into the Windows Store and install the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. The current version being offered in the store is 9.3.

With WSL 2 you can have, say, a copy of Pengwin Linux running on WSL 2 with an Ubuntu release running on WSL 1. It’s been an interesting few weeks experimenting with WSL 2.

WSL enables developers to run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without a virtual machine or dual-boot ...

Other changes enhance integration between WSL and the rest of Windows. For instance, if Windows-side auditing is enabled, any Linux processes created in WSL have their names logged in the audit log.

Since WSL 2 now runs in a VM, you need to use the VM's IP address to access Linux networking applications from Windows. As well, the Windows Host IP will be needed to access Windows networking ...

Although Ubuntu was the only official version of Linux that was available with the preproduction version of WSL, the system was named Windows Subsystem for Linux, not Ubuntu. We discovered that this ...