Hosted on MSN

Ho to run Linux GUI apps natively on Windows 10/11 with WSL, No VM Required

1) Run Linux (CLI and GUI) natively on Windows 10/11 with WSL. 2) Enable WSL + Virtual Machine Platform, enable BIOS virtualization, then install distros via Store or wsl --install. 3) Update with apt ...
Hosted on MSN

WSL turned Linux into a Windows app, and Microsoft's old enemies didn't see it coming

If you wanted to run Linux and Windows on the same machine, it could be a pain. You either had to set up a dual-boot machine or install a virtual machine. On modern ...

WSL Containers are here: Linux containers without an extra engine

Microsoft releases WSL Containers: Linux containers can now be built and started directly under Windows – even from within Windows applications.

I had been using Windows 11, yet I didn't know about WSL

Long time no see!It has been a while since my last post, but I plan to continue writing articles about things that catch my ...
XDA Developers

My Windows 11 PC can run containers without Docker Desktop, and the entire setup took one command

It has been a little more than a month since WSL 3.0.1 came out, and it's already changing the way I run my Linux containers.
ZDNet

Windows Subsystem for Linux gives developers a compelling reason to stick with Microsoft – here’s why

Microsoft takes one more step towards a Linux desktop with the latest update to the open-source Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). At Microsoft Build 2026 in San Francisco, Microsoft introduced WSL ...
XDA Developers

WSL convinced me Linux works on Windows, so I flipped it and run Windows on Linux instead

João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also love all things tech and videogames, especially Nintendo, which he's always ...