Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 was released nearly 3 years ago. This brought the ability to run the Bash shell and run Linux binary executables that you’d be able to run on Ubuntu Linux.

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

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

Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.