Windows Subsystem for Linuxįor this Microsoft built new infrastructure within Windows – the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) upon which genuine Ubuntu user-mode image is run provided by its partner Canonical, creators of Ubuntu Linux. Microsoft decided to add real, native Bash and with it support for Linux command-line tools which run directly on Windows in an environment that behaves like Linux! Its not any VM but the real Linux on Windows. Listening to the community voice, Microsoft first improved CMD, PowerShell and many other Windows command-line tools and secondly did what was unbelievable few years back. As working with open-source tools on Windows is often a struggle users said that they would like Microsoft to make it easier to use these tools on Windows. Some others said they would like to bring Linux/Unix tools to Windows. Many in the community replied that they would like to see some improvements to Windows Command line. They asked the community what they like about Windows command line and what features they would like to see in Windows command-line. Who would have thought one would be running native Bash directly on Windows.Īt the start of Windows 10 cycle, Microsoft opened an user-voice page and started a conversation about the Windows command-line. Before we get on to see how to run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, here’s a little bit on the amazing step by Microsoft to integrate user mode Linux and its tools into Windows OS.
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