![]() WSL is intended to give developers and bash veterans the Linux shell experience despite having to use Windows as the primary OS. While the simplest explanation is that it “lets you run bash on Windows,” it’s more than just a shell you can install programs using apt and customize it like a regular Linux instance. You can simply download Ubuntu (or the distro of your choice), install it, and have it available as a app you can launch, or a profile in your terminal to run alongside CMD or Powershell. It’s all managed for you, and just provides a simple shell and environment for you to do your work and use familiar bash commands like git, ssh, and all the other tools that come with the chosen distribution.īasically, WSL allows you to install a full Linux distribution as an app from the app store. It does technically use virtualization for performance reasons, but it’s very different from running a full VM. Lets start with what WSL isn’t-it’s not a full Linux desktop experience that you might get by running Ubuntu in VirtualBox, for example. It’s designed to be a seamless experience, essentially providing a full Linux shell that can interact with your Windows filesystem. Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL) is a tool provided by Microsoft to run Linux natively on Windows. ![]()
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