Changes to WSL make staying on Windows easier, especially for developers building or running Linux-based AI, container, or dev workloads.

Kali Linux 2026.2, the second release of the year, is now available for download, featuring 9 new tools and numerous Kali ...

Microsoft has announced Coreutils, a new Windows 11 feature that allows developers to run many popular Linux command line utilities natively on Windows from a single binary. Revealed at this week’s ...

Microsoft is integrating its own container platform into the Windows Subsystem for Linux – complete with CLI, API, and SDK for Windows applications. Microsoft is working on its own container platform ...

You can use the GetBIOS PowerShell module to retrieve settings from various BIOS manufacturers on either a local or remote computer. This post will show you how to access computer BIOS settings using ...

Windows PowerShell is a powerful terminal from Microsoft which allows you to automate and script tasks on Windows machines and interact with many of the applications available on them. It is a huge ...

After being announced at Build 2026, Microsoft has made WSL containers available in public preview.

DistroSea allows you to test several Linux distributions. There are currently 85 distros to test. DistroSea is free and works on any web browser. I recently wrote about the Virtual OS Museum, which ...

Microsoft has released WSL Containers in public preview, giving Windows developers a built-in way to build, run, and manage Linux containers without relying on Docker Desktop for many common workflows ...

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