The Windows Subsystem for Linux goes open source

Microsoft has officially open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), closing the very first issue ever filed on the Microsoft/WSL GitHub repository: “Will this be open source?” WSL allows developers to run unmodified Linux command-line tools, utilities, and applications directly on Windows, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual-boot setup.

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