Microsoft has become more focused on offering choices and including open source software options. That’s why it wasn’t much of a surprise when Microsoft announced during the Build keynote that ...

Microsoft today surprised developers by announcing it was bringing the Bash shell -- long a mainstay tool for Linux-based development -- to Windows 10. The news was delivered to audience applause by ...

Enterprising geeks have already found a way to launch Ubuntu’s Unity desktop environment on Windows 10, thanks to the recent addition of the Linux-based Bash shell. But don’t expect Unity and many ...

Microsoft hasn't had time to incorporate the most requested user features for its new Ubuntu Bash shell for Windows 10 yet, but developers in the free Windows Insider program can now play around with ...

Linux Bash shell came to Windows 10 recently as part of the latest Windows Insider preview build. Immediately, people began to experiment, some to see how well the shell was implemented, while others ...

Linux’s Bash shell is coming to Windows, courtesy of a collaboration between Microsoft and Ubuntu-creator Canonical. Type bash into Windows 10’s Start menu, and you’ll be able to instantly get a full ...

Microsoft unveiled that a Linux command line will come packed into Windows 10, showing that parts of the discontinued Project Astoria live on. Windows will grow after the addition of the Bash shell ...

Bashware is the name of a new technique that allows malware to use a new Windows 10 feature called Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to bypass security software installed on an endpoint. Back in 2016, ...

Microsoft may love Linux, but that love has some technical limitations, at least when it comes to using Windows tools to alter Linux files. This week, Microsoft offered the equivalent of a nun's ruler ...

Microsoft already offers Ubuntu Linux via its Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10. Now the company is set to add support for more Linux distributions in the coming months, officials said on May ...