Windows Subsystem for Linux gives developers a compelling reason to stick with Microsoft - here's why

Changes to WSL make staying on Windows easier, especially for developers building or running Linux-based AI, container, or dev workloads.
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Microsoft's Coreutils project brings Linux commands to Windows

Microsoft announced today at its Build 2026 developer conference the release of Coreutils for Windows, bringing many commonly used Linux command-line utilities to Windows as native applications. The ...

Microsoft’s new developer-optimized Windows embraces Linux even more

Microsoft is embracing Linux-like command line utilities and integrating its Linux subsystem even further into Windows.

Unix commands natively on Windows: Microsoft releases its own Coreutils

With Coreutils for Windows, the same shell commands and scripts should run on Windows, Linux, and WSL. Microsoft relies on ...

Dev Configs for Windows: From fresh install to IDE in one command

With Microsoft's new Dev Configs, a Windows installation becomes a ready-to-use developer workstation with a single command – including WSL and Ubuntu.