The good news is that there's a fast, highly customizable, and easy-to-use shell on Windows that'll let you experience your terminal in all its 24-bit color glory. And if you use the Windows command ...

At its Build 2019 developers conference today, Microsoft announced a slew of offerings for Windows developers, including Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2, XAML Islands, React ...

Open WSL Terminal. Navigate the root directory or top folder inside of the Terminal. Type in explorer.exe and hit Enter to open that location inside of the File Explorer. After you access these files ...

Having processes that continue to run after all the WSL terminals are closed is a powerful feature that opens WSL to a wider range of workflows. One of the more prominent new features included with ...

Using Linux on Windows can make your life much easier, but WSL networking only gets in the way. Here's how to make it better.

At Build 2020 today, Microsoft gave developers a slew of new tools to coax them into using Windows over macOS or Linux. Windows Terminal is now out of preview for enterprises, and Windows Subsystem ...

I've been writing almost all my scripts in Bash and running them under Cygwin for years now. I'm interested in WSL largely because of that. Is there a compelling reason to adopt WSL instead of Cygwin?

Microsoft h as released a new preview version of the Windows Terminal, its tool for bringing together a multitude of command line-based applications, including PowerShell and Windows Subsystem for ...

If you forget your password while trying to run sudo from your WSL terminal, there's an easy way to reset it. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) allows you to run a Linux terminal from a Windows 10 or ...

For those that want *nix tools on Windows without WSL, I highly recommend MSYS2. The mintty terminal that comes with MSYS2 should even help WSL users that want a good terminal without having to run ...