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.

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 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 ...

They won't have to rely on those workarounds much longer. Microsoft is announcing that WSL will soon support running Linux GUI apps directly without having to use third-party tools and software.

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 ...

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.

You can now use GUI app support on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) so that all the tools and workflows of Linux run on your developer machine.

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.