A Dive into Windows Subsystem for Linux
A Dive into Windows Subsystem for Linux By Rob Woodworth I received an open-ended assignment to find and research a Linux Utility. I’ve chosen a Windows Utility, but I believe it’s extremely relevant to this assignment. Microsoft has just recently come out with a new Linux utility. Windows 10/11 can now natively run Linux, with no dual boot and no virtual machine. You can now run a GNU/Linux command line environment in WSL 2, including command line tools, applications, and utilities, directly in Windows 10 or 11. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about This utility was just officially released to the public in 2019 and it’s still being developed and modified very often. I’ve installed WSL 2 on my machine and documented the process. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/setup/environment To install: 1: Run command prompt as administrator. 2: Enter “ wsl --install ” Note: This will install Ubuntu by default. Enter “ wsl --list --onl...