When Microsoft unveiled the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) alongside the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in August 2016, few outside the developer community could have anticipated how profoundly it would reshape the Windows ecosystem. Initially pitched as a way for developers to access Bash and...
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The first time you try to explain to your non-techie friends that you’re running Linux inside Windows—no, not in a VM; no, not with some arcane dual-boot, but with nary a reboot in sight—prepare yourself for some combination of blank stares and existential questions about the nature of operating...
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