Ubuntu Linux For Windows X Released — Yes, You Lot Read It Right

Windows together with Linux inwards the same line? Yes, y'all heard that right... and that too, on the same reckoner together with inside the same operating system.

Two months ago, Microsoft announced its plans to allow its users install three dissimilar flavours of the Linux operating organisation – Ubuntu, Fedora, together with SUSE – remove through their Windows Store, allowing them to run Windows together with Linux apps side-by-side.

Now, downloading an entire operating organisation has simply locomote past times every bit slowly every bit downloading an application amongst the availability of pop Linux distro command-line utilities similar bash or SSH every bit a standalone installation through an Ubuntu Terminal.

For now, Ubuntu is currently only available to Windows ten Insiders users together with would live on made available to the populace amongst the upcoming Windows ten Fall Creator Update, which is expected to loose inwards September/October 2017.

Here's How to Install together with Run Ubuntu on Windows 10

Users registered inwards Windows ten Insiders Program amongst at to the lowest degree "Build 16215" installed tin remove install Ubuntu from the Windows Store, which volition allow them to "use Ubuntu Terminal together with run Ubuntu ascendence work utilities including bash, ssh, git, apt together with many more."

After installing Ubuntu, Windows ten users volition demand enabling "Windows Subsystem for Linux" that was previously added to Windows 10.

To enable it, follow these uncomplicated steps:

• Navigate to Control Panel together with locomote past times to "Apps together with features" settings.
• Select "Programs together with Features" from the correct panel.
• Open the "Turn Windows features on or off" from the left menu.
• Select the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" together with salvage it.
• Reboot Your system.

While the companionship has non revealed just when its users tin await to run into the other ii Linux distro, Fedora together with SUSE Linux, to the Windows Store, this footstep past times Microsoft follows its commitment to the opened upwards source community.

In 2013, the Microsoft launched Visual Studio, together with a twelvemonth later, the companionship open-sourced .NET. In 2015, the tech giant opened upwards sourced the Visual Studio Code Editor, every bit well.

Last year, Microsoft took many steps to demo its dear for Linux, which includes bringing of Ubuntu on Windows 10, working amongst FreeBSD to prepare a Virtual Machine image for its Azure cloud, choosing Ubuntu every bit the OS for its Cloud-based Big Data services, together with fifty-fifty joining the Linux Foundation every bit a Platinum fellow member – the highest degree of membership.

Have y'all tried out Ubuntu on Windows 10? If yes, allow us know your sense inwards the comments below.

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