How Does Linux Subsystem Work on Windows?

WSL provides a layer for mapping Windows kernel system calls to Linux kernel system calls. This allows Linux binaries to run in Windows unmodified. WSL also maps Windows services, like the filesystem and networking, as devices that Linux can access.

Is Windows Subsystem for Linux good?

WSL takes away some of the desire for developers to use macs. You get modern apps like photoshop and MS office and outlook and also can run the same tools you’d need to be running to do dev work. I find WSL infinitely useful as an admin in a hybrid windows/linux environment.

What can you do with Linux on Windows?

Everything You Can Do With Windows 10’s New Bash Shell

1. Getting Started with Linux on Windows. …
2. Access Windows Files in Bash, and Bash Files in Windows. …
3. Switch to Zsh (or Another Shell) Instead of Bash. …
4. Run Linux Commands From Outside the Linux Shell. …
5. Run Graphical Linux Desktop Programs. …
6. Quickly Launch Bash From File Explorer. …
7. Uninstall and Reinstall a Linux Environment.

27 мар. 2018 г.