Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator from Portland, OR. He covers tech and gaming for Lifehacker, and has also written for Digital Trends, EGM, Business Insider, IGN, and more. Linux ...

This beta version of Windows 10 is the forerunner of the next major Windows 10 update: Windows 10 Redstone 1 (a k a Anniversary Update). This release, AKA Windows 10 SP1, will be out this summer. In ...

A step-by-step guide to enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and install Ubuntu on Windows 10 or Windows 11, allowing you to run Linux commands and applications directly on your Windows machine.

Windows isn’t everyone’s OS of choice, but many developers working professionally are required to use it. Fortunately, WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) gives easy access to Ubuntu and the wider Linux ...

Tom installs and uses Edge DX to monitor his WSL Linux instance and explains how to access files from and to Windows systems. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) allows you to run Linux on Windows ...

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 ...

In the installation guide for Ubuntu on WSL, the user is asked to open PowerShell as an administrator before running wsl --install. On Windows, specific steps need to be taken by a user to open a ...

Ubuntu is probably the most used distro on WSL, not least because it can be installed as the default distro. But Canonical has announced some changes underneath to how it installs, which will be music ...

Canonical offers Ubuntu Pro for the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The enterprise version includes 15 years of updates and integration with MS management tools. Canonical has released Ubuntu Pro for the ...

I ran into a weird issue while running Windows Subsystem for Linux(WSL) - Ubuntu in Windows 10. As background to the issues, the directory "C Program Files ...