Ubuntu for Windows runs on top of this infrastructure to offer Linux developer tools on Windows. Microsoft has built a new subsystem within Windows called the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). When you launch a program from the command line, the Operating System uses the PATH environment variable to search for the program in your local file system. With the command line open, type in the following. Microsoft and Canonical have been working together on it for a while. Note: To learn more about your options for the Windows terminal, check out Using the Terminal on Windows. This is not bringing Ubuntu and its apps to Windows it’s enabling developers and system admins to use Linux tools from within Windows and work on their Linux servers. You won’t be running Ubuntu desktop apps on Windows. It’s more or less like running Ubuntu terminal ‘in’ Windows.īefore you get too excited, bear in mind that this isn’t for ‘regular’ desktop users. If you are on a Windows 10 system you will be able to open ‘bash’ from the start menu that will open Windows command prompt running Ubuntu’s /bin/bash. The move is a natural progression of the way Microsoft is bringing the Windows and Linux world closer to each other. Soon you will be able to run some of the best open source tools that are available for Linux on Windows system, natively.
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