Ars Technica

WSL and 64-bit Virtualization - anyone have both working?

I am using Windows 10 Pro v1803 on a Ryzen CPU and am trying to install a new OS on VirtualBox and am running into an issue that only 32-bit OSes are displayed as being supported. Since I want to ...
XDA Developers on MSN

WSL is powerful, but these 3 reasons are why it won't beat a real Linux desktop

WSL uses Windows' native hypervisor (Hyper-V) to create lightweight virtual environments. The Linux distro that you install ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Subsystem for Linux is getting these useful new features

Windows 10's latest flagship feature is the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and it allows you to run Linux distributions directly within the Windows 10 operating system. In the next feature update, ...
Bleeping Computer

Docker Desktop for Windows 10 Will Soon Switch to WSL 2

Docker announced that its native Docker Desktop Windows application will soon switch to the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) from the Windows-native Hyper-V virtualization it currently uses. WSL ...
Hope College

Working with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

WSL is a way that you can run Linux distributions under Windows without dual-booting or running virtualization software like VMWare or Virtual Box. Importing a Distribution You will use WSL in several ...
Hosted on MSN

I tried running Windows apps on Linux with Wine, but virtualization is still better

I've been on a bit of a kick lately, trying to run Windows apps on Linux through novel solutions like WinApps and WinBoat. These tools rely on virtualization and FreeRDP to bring full Windows apps to ...