Windows 10 Linux Distribution Overload? We have just the thing

Aug 21, 2018, 06:00 (0 Talkback[s])

Developed in conjunction with Canonical, the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) was originally somewhat of a curiosity when it debuted as part of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (aka 1607.) Consisting of what is effectively a compatibility layer, translating Linux system calls into something Windows 10 understands, WSL initially shipped with a version of Ubuntu running the Bash shell.

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