Aeons ago, a sweat-drenched Steve Ballmer took to the stage of a Windows 2000 conference and, with the hypnotic repetition of a Gregorian monk on acid, chanted “Developers, developers, developers.” ...

For decades, Microsoft Windows and the open source Linux operating system were polar opposites. Windows was developed by the biggest software company in the world, one that was no friend to open ...

Microsoft confirmed Friday that it will ship Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 in the upcoming Windows 10 20H1 (2004) release, though updates will be handled though Windows Update, and not the app. As we ...

In the latest Windows 10 Insider build, Microsoft has started to test the distribution of Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 kernels via Windows Update. When Microsoft announced WSL2, they ...

Microsoft has announced that the upcoming Windows 10 2004 release will also include Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) whose Linux kernel will be kept updated via Windows Update. When Microsoft ...

You can try Linux 7.0 now on these distros - here's what's new ...

Now that Microsoft is less dependent on Windows sales and more on services like Azure, it benefits when it treats Linux like a first-class citizen. Still, it's clear Microsoft has come a long, long ...

The suddenly-cozy relationship between Linux and Windows is taking another step forward, as Microsoft announced in a blog post that it's going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10. It will arrive ...