How-To Geek on MSN

Windows networking commands in Linux: 5 equivalents you should know (plus WSL tricks)

The default behavior of ping on Linux and other Unix-like systems is different from Windows. On Windows, the ping command ...
Lifehacker

How to Get Started With the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator from Portland, OR. He covers tech and gaming for Lifehacker, and has also written for Digital Trends, EGM, Business Insider, IGN, and more. Linux ...
XDA Developers on MSN

4 Windows features that Linux still can't beat

Times are changing fast, and Linux and Windows 11 are competing neck and neck to be your desktop operating system in ...
TWCN Tech News

How to install Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11

Earlier, the process to install Windows Subsystem for Linux is too complicated, involving many packages. You need to work around multiple settings and install WSL on ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) Released to Insiders

With the release of the Windows 10 Insider Build 18917, Microsoft has made the Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2) available for testing. Now insiders can convert their existing WSL 1 ...
PC World

How to use Windows software in Linux

Wine is not an emulator like Qemu or a virtualization environment like Virtualbox, but a runtime environment that aims to emulate the Windows API on Linux. This API mapping is not complete, but it is ...
ZDNet

How to run openSUSE Linux on Windows 10

This is not native Linux. WSL emulates a Linux kernel interface on top of the Windows NT kernel. For system programmers, that's not good enough, but for developers, it enables you to combine the best ...