The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source
blogs.windows.com
Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

Today we’re very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo:

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    7 hours ago

    WSL is just a way to actually get some shit done when there’s a terrible business reason for requiring a native Windows install.

    My Microsoft Surface became vastly more useable once I installed Linux on it.