InfoWorld

Bash on Windows is becoming Linux for Windows users

A massive set of changes to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) was rolled into Windows Insider build 15002, which started shipping to Windows 10 users yesterday. Microsoft’s plans for WSL remain ...

Tired of Your Windows? Not Ready to Buy a Mac? Maybe It’s Time to Try Linux.

But if you want to browse the internet, stream, or use most productivity software or office suites, you’ll find a capable ...
eTeknix

Bash for Windows 10 Unfazed by Deadliest Linux Command

Linux Bash shell came to Windows 10 recently as part of the latest Windows Insider preview build. Immediately, people began to experiment, some to see how well the shell was implemented, while others ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Adds Support for Linux Bash Shell on Windows

Microsoft explained a little more about its support for the Bash shell on Windows, as unveiled during its Build keynote talk on Wednesday. The Bash shell actually is the native Bash command line tool ...
Virtualization Review

Learn How to Bash: Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Microsoft, with the release of the Windows 10 anniversary update, gave their users a gift: the ability to run Linux (Ubuntu) on it. In a previous article, I explained how to enable Linux on Windows ...
MCPmag

Linux Bash Shell Support Comes to Windows

Details on Microsoft's support for the Bash shell on Windows have surfaced after its initial Build keynote announcement. The Bash shell actually is the native Bash command line tool running on Windows ...
Network World

Unix tip: Using bash on Windows

The fairly recent appearance of bash on Windows, more properly known as “bash on Ubuntu on Windows” gives Windows some special appeal to those of us who love living on the command line. And it’s not ...
PC World

Hell freezes over: Microsoft and Ubuntu bring Linux’s Bash shell to Windows 10

Microsoft’s Linux love affair continued at the company’s annual Build keynote on Monday, with the revelation that popular Linux command-line tool Bash is coming to Windows 10. Whoa. The blog of ...
HotHardware

Windows 10’s Bash Fling Produces Linux GUI App Offspring For Windows Desktop

by Rob Williams — Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 03:44 PM EDT We learned a couple of weeks ago that Microsoft and Canonical would be teaming up to bring some Linux goodness to Windows 10, and a mere week ...
PC World

Here’s how Windows 10’s Ubuntu-based Bash shell will actually work

Linux’s Bash shell is coming to Windows, courtesy of a collaboration between Microsoft and Ubuntu-creator Canonical. Type bash into Windows 10’s Start menu, and you’ll be able to instantly get a full ...

8 free Linux apps that are surprisingly useful - no command line required

Want to try Linux but dread the command line? Don't worry - there's likely a GUI that can handle whatever you need.