Winboat is a new technology to run Windows apps on Linux. If the developers can deliver, this will be a game changer.

With the release of Wine 8, the Windows replica for Linux has matured again and enables more Windows programs. In most cases, however, additional work is necessary to set up Windows programs.

Downloading/building the kernel on my Linux box will pretty much fill up that box's hard drive. So, can I set up a virtual machine on my Windows 8.1 box to develop my kernel module on?

Here's what you need to know about the new changes available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11.

Version 2 requires virtualization support on your computer, but operates much much faster. It also provides a real Linux kernel, so most everything will run using WSL2.

Windows 10 now lets you run Linux GUI apps (X11 and Wayland) without using a virtual machine after Microsoft added GUI support to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).