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Microsoft envisions WSL as "a tool for developers – especially web developers and those who work on or with open source projects". [7] Microsoft also claims that "WSL requires fewer resources (CPU, memory, and storage) than a full virtual machine" (a common alternative for using Linux in Windows), while also allowing the use of both Windows ...
Windows Terminal is a multi-tabbed terminal emulator developed by Microsoft for Windows 10 and later [4] as a replacement for Windows Console. [5] It can run any command-line app in a separate tab. It is preconfigured to run Command Prompt, PowerShell, WSL and Azure Cloud Shell Connector, [6] [7] and can also connect to SSH by manually ...
Microsoft POSIX subsystem is one of four subsystems shipped with the first versions of Windows NT, the other three being the Win32 subsystem which provided the primary API for Windows NT, plus the OS/2 and security subsystems.
The environment can execute the Bash shell and 64-bit command-line programs (WSL 2 also supports 32-bit Linux programs and graphics, assuming supporting software installed, [140] and GPUs support for other uses [141]). Windows applications cannot be executed from the Linux environment, and vice versa.
SFU 1.0 and 2.0 used the MKS Toolkit; starting with SFU 3.0, SFU included the Interix subsystem, [1] which was acquired by Microsoft in 1999 from US-based Softway Systems as part of an asset acquisition. [2] SFU 3.5 was the last release and was available as a free download from Microsoft.
Mingw-w64 is a free and open-source suite of development tools that generate Portable Executable (PE) binaries for Microsoft Windows.It was forked in 2005–2010 from MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows).
Cross-platform/POSIX API: binary for 32-bit Raspberry Pi 4/400 GPL3: ee9 V11 May 15, 2024: English Electric KDF9: Cross-platform/POSIX API: binaries for 64-bit Raspberry Pi 4/400, Intel macOS Mojave through Sonoma, ARM macOS Sonoma, and 64-bit Intel Linux (also runs under FreeBSD and Windows 10/Windows 11 with WSL). Includes a Pascal cross ...
Bob Amstadt, the initial project leader, and Eric Youngdale started the Wine project in 1993 as a way to run Windows applications on Linux.It was inspired by two Sun Microsystems products, Wabi for the Solaris operating system, and the Public Windows Interface, [10] which was an attempt to get the Windows API fully reimplemented in the public domain as an ISO standard but rejected due to ...