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The Windows Subsystem for Linux Goes Open Source

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James Patterson
May 30, 2025

Microsoft has officially open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), closing the very first issue ever filed on the Microsoft/WSL GitHub repository: “Will this be open source?”

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