The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell.

Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), you can launch Linux applications directly in a Windows 10 command prompt or PowerShell prompt.

How to run Linux with WSL on Windows 11 To install a Linux distro (such as Ubuntu) on Windows 11, use these steps: Open Start.

This is not a drill. Thanks to WSL, you can now run a virtual instance of Arch Linux.

Why switch to Linux? More security, more privacy, and freedom from vendor lock-in. And these distributions are as simple to install and use as MacOS or Windows.

If you administer multiple Linux servers, Jack Wallen has an easy script you can use to run commands on all of those servers at once.