Windows Subsystem for Linux
| A component of Microsoft Windows | |
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Bash running on Windows 10
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| Type | Compatibility layer |
| Included with | Windows 10 Anniversary Update |
| Replaces | Windows Services for UNIX |
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables (in ELF format) natively on Windows 10. Microsoft and Canonical partnered together to enable a genuine Ubuntu Trusty Tahr image to be downloaded and extracted to the user's local machine, and for the tools and utilities contained within that image to run natively on top of the WSL.[1][2][3] WSL provides a Linux-compatible kernel interface developed by Microsoft (containing no Linux code), with user-mode binaries from Ubuntu running on top of it.[4]
This subsystem cannot run all Linux software such those with graphical user interfaces or those in need of unimplemented Linux kernel services.[5] It is, however, possible to mitigate this by running graphical X Window System applications with an external X server.[6]
The subsystem originated in the ill-fated Project Astoria, which enabled Android applications to run on Windows 10 Mobile.[5] It was made available in Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14316.[7]
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