The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a feature of the Windows operating system that enables you to run a Linux file system, along with Linux command-line tools and GUI apps, directly on Windows, alongside your traditional Windows desktop and apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is primarily a tool for developers, especially web developers, those working on open source projects, or deploying to Linux server environments. WSL is for anyone who likes using Bash, common Linux tools ( WSL enables you to run Linux in a Bash shell with your choice of distribution (Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, Kali, Alpine, etc). Using Bash, you can run command-line Linux tools and apps. For example, type You can also access your local machine\u2019s file system from within the Linux Bash shell \u2013 you\u2019ll find your local drives mounted under the\u00a0 Citation and additional information: https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/wsl\/faq<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first step for using WSL is to enable the proper feature in Windows. To do so, you can follow these directions: https:\/\/www.makeuseof.com\/enable-windows-subsystem-for-linux<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n From here you will need to install a Linux distribution. By far the easiest I have found is through Ubuntu which makes its distribution available to WSL users through the Microsoft Store for free. Check out this link with detailed instructions: https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/wsl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)? The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a feature of the Windows operating system that enables you to run a Linux file system, along with Linux command-line tools and GUI apps, directly on Windows, alongside your traditional Windows desktop and apps. Who is WSL for? This is primarily […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-and-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4708,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions\/4708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnsit.colostate.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}sed<\/code>, awk<\/code>, etc.) and Linux-first frameworks (Ruby, Python, etc.) but also enjoys using Windows productivity tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>What can I do with WSL?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
lsb_release -a<\/code> and hit enter; you\u2019ll see details of the Linux distro currently running:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\/mnt<\/code>\u00a0folder. For example, your\u00a0C:<\/code>\u00a0drive is mounted under\u00a0\/mnt\/c<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow to Enable WSL<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Now What?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n