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[11] WSL beta was introduced in Windows 10 version 1607 (Anniversary Update) on August 2, 2016. Only Ubuntu (with Bash as the default shell) was supported. WSL beta was also called "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" or "Bash on Windows". WSL was no longer beta in Windows 10 version 1709 (Fall Creators Update), released on October 17, 2017.
Universal USB Installer (UUI) is an open-source live Linux USB flash drive creation software. It allows users to create a bootable live USB flash drive using an ISO image from a supported Linux distribution , antivirus utility, system tool, or Microsoft Windows installer.
Ubuntu Live USB creator: Canonical Ltd: GNU GPL v3: Yes No Ubuntu, Windows Ubuntu UNetbootin: Geza Kovacs GNU GPL v2+ [3] Yes No Linux, macOS, Windows Anything Universal USB Installer (UUI) Pendrivelinux GNU GPL: Yes Yes [4] Yes Windows Linux Ventoy: longpanda GNU GPL v3+ [5] Yes Yes Yes Linux, Windows Anything Windows To Go: Microsoft ...
Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux kernel and the systemd init system. The packages, called snaps, and the tool for using them, snapd, work across a range of Linux distributions [3] and allow upstream software developers to distribute their applications directly to users.
A device file is a reserved keyword used in PC DOS, TOS, OS/2, and Windows systems to allow access to certain ports and devices. MS-DOS borrowed the concept of special files from Unix but renamed them devices . [ 1 ]
It provides links to the Linux Mint website, user guide, and community website. It also gives a user some first steps such as choosing a desktop color, installing updates and drivers, and making system snapshots. USB Image Writer/USB Stick Formatter (mintStick): A tool for writing an image onto a USB drive or formatting a USB stick.
A loadable kernel module (LKM) is an executable library that extends the capabilities of a running kernel, or so-called base kernel, of an operating system.LKMs are typically used to add support for new hardware (as device drivers) and/or filesystems, or for adding system calls.
The miniport driver and protocol driver actually communicate with the corresponding miniport and protocol interfaces that reside in the intermediate driver. This design enables adding several chained intermediate drivers between the miniport and protocol drivers.