Windows Subsystem for Linux (English Wikipedia)

Jujjuri, Venkateswararao; Van Hensbergen, Eric; Liguori, Anthony; Pulavarty, Badari (13–16 July 2010). "VirtFS—A virtualization aware File System pass-through" (PDF). Linux Symposium.

linux.com (Global: low place; English: 8,538^th place)

Bhartiya, Swapnil (12 February 2018). "Windows Subsystem for Linux: A Bridge Between Two Platforms". Linux.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

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Walker, Brian (27 April 2023). "No, You Don't Need Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and Here's Why". MUO. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

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devblogs.microsoft.com

Craig Loewen (6 May 2019). "Announcing WSL 2". Windows Command Line Tools For Developers.
"What's new in WSL in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update - Windows Command Line". Windows Command Line. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
"WSL 2 will be generally available in Windows 10, version 2004 - Windows Command Line". Windows Command Line. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
"WSL 2 Support is coming to Windows 10 Versions 1903 and 1909 - Windows Command Line". Windows Command Line. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
"The Initial Preview of GUI app support is now available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux - Windows Command Line". Windows Command Line. 21 April 2021.
"A preview of WSL in the Microsoft Store is now available! - Windows Command Line". Windows Command Line. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
Loewen, Craig (26 July 2019). "What's new for WSL in Insiders Preview Build 18945". Microsoft devblog. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019. In this new update we've added the ability to start using global config options for WSL. These options are targeted towards power users who want to further customize their WSL experience.
"A Deep Dive Into How WSL Allows Windows to Access Linux Files". Windows Command Line Tools For Developers. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

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"How to install Linux on Windows with WSL". Microsoft Learn. 19 November 2024. Archived from the original on 15 April 2026. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
GrantMeStrength. "FAQ's about Windows Subsystem for Linux". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
"Working across Windows and Linux file systems". Microsoft Ignite. Microsoft Corporation. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
"Comparing WSL 1 and WSL 2". Microsoft Learn. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
craigloewen-msft (15 December 2023). "Comparing WSL Versions". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
craigloewen-msft (31 July 2023). "Accessing network applications with WSL". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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"Windows Subsystem for Linux Overview". Windows Subsystem for Linux. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
"Debian GNU/Linux for WSL now available in the Windows Store". Windows Command Line Tools For Developers. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
Jack Hammons (22 April 2016). "Windows Subsystem for Linux Overview". Windows Subsystem for Linux blog on MSDN.
Jack Hammons (15 June 2016). "WSL File System Support". Windows Subsystem for Linux blog on MSDN.
Jack Hammons (8 November 2016). "WSL Networking". Windows Subsystem for Linux blog on MSDN.

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mscraigloewen (19 November 2024). "About WSL 2". docs.microsoft.com.
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"Frequently Asked Questions for WSL". Microsoft. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
Hammons, Jack (9 April 2016). "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows". MSDN. Microsoft.

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"Windows Subsystem for Linux". Microsoft Store. Retrieved 10 June 2026.

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"Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1607: August 2, 2016". Microsoft. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2025.

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Viswav, Pradeep (11 October 2021). "Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) now available as an app from Microsoft Store on Windows 11". MSPoweruser. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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"Windows 10's Bash shell can run graphical Linux applications with this trick". PC World. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

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"How Does the Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux Work and What Is It For? - Petri IT Knowledgebase". 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

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"Windows Subsystem for Linux". Phoronix.
Larabel, Michael (12 October 2018). "A Look At The Windows 10 October 2018 Update Performance With WSL". Phoronix.
Larabel, Michael (5 November 2018). "The WSL Improvements In The Windows 10 October 2018 Update". Phoronix.
Larabel, Michael (24 June 2020). "Ubuntu 20.04 vs. Windows 10 WSL/WSL2 Performance In 170+ Benchmarks". Phoronix.
Larabel, Michael (17 June 2020). "Windows 10 May 2020 Performance For WSL vs. WSL2". Phoronix.
Larabel, Michael (16 December 2020). "Windows Subsystem For Linux / WSL2 Performance With The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X". Phoronix.
Larabel, Michael (29 September 2021). "Windows 11 WSL2 Performance is Quite Competitive Against Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / Ubuntu 21.10". Phoronix.

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"Microsoft Wants to Simplify the Windows Subsystem for Linux". Yahoo Tech. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

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Heath, Nick (20 September 2017). "Will Microsoft love Linux to death? Shuttleworth and Stallman on whether Windows 10 is free software's friend". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

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Kirkland, Dustin (30 March 2016). "Ubuntu on Windows – The Ubuntu Userspace for Windows Developers". Ubuntu Insights. Canonical.

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"Please enable WSL to run 32 bit ELF binaries". Windows Developer feedback (Microsoft/UserVoice). Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
"OpenCL & CUDA GPU support". Windows Developer feedback (Microsoft/UserVoice). 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

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"How to install Linux on Windows with WSL". Microsoft Learn. 19 November 2024. Archived from the original on 15 April 2026. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
"Please enable WSL to run 32 bit ELF binaries". Windows Developer feedback (Microsoft/UserVoice). Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
"OpenCL & CUDA GPU support". Windows Developer feedback (Microsoft/UserVoice). 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
Loewen, Craig (26 July 2019). "What's new for WSL in Insiders Preview Build 18945". Microsoft devblog. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019. In this new update we've added the ability to start using global config options for WSL. These options are targeted towards power users who want to further customize their WSL experience.
Hillis, Ben (25 July 2019). "MicrosoftDocs/WSL | Build 18947". GitHub. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
Heath, Nick (20 September 2017). "Will Microsoft love Linux to death? Shuttleworth and Stallman on whether Windows 10 is free software's friend". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

windows.com (Global: 5,241^st place; English: 5,256^th place)

blogs.windows.com

Boulay, Pierre (19 May 2025). "The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source". Windows Developer Blog. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
Aul, Gabe (6 April 2016). "Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14316". Windows Experience Blog. Microsoft.
"GPU accelerated ML training inside the Windows Subsystem for Linux - Windows Developer Blog". Windows Blog. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
Harsh, Mike (30 March 2016). "Run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows". Building Apps for Windows. Microsoft.

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Finley, Klint (30 March 2016). "Why Microsoft Making Linux Apps Run on Windows Isn't Crazy". Wired. Condé Nast.

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Leeks, Stuart (2020). Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) Tips, Tricks, and Techniques: Maximise Productivity of Your Windows 10 Development Machine with Custom Workflows and Configurations. Birmingham: Packt Publishing. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-1-80056-352-0. OCLC 1202451000.

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Microsoft Ignite (2 October 2018), OS internals: Technical deep-dive into operating system innovations - BRK3365, archived from the original on 9 November 2021, retrieved 7 May 2019

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Foley, Mary Jo (21 April 2021). "New Windows 10 test build adds first preview of Linux GUI apps on WSL". ZDNet. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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