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  2. Windows Subsystem for Linux - Wikipedia

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    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. Multiple Linux distributions could be installed and were available for install in the Windows Store. [11]

  3. Azure Linux - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft also uses Azure Linux in Azure IoT Edge to run Linux workloads on Windows IoT, and as a backend distro to host the Weston compositor for WSLg. [7] In a similar approach to Fedora CoreOS, Azure Linux only has the basic packages needed to support and run containers. Common Linux tools are used to add packages and manage security updates.

  4. Windows Terminal - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Mingw-w64 - Wikipedia

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    WSL lets Linux ELF binaries run on Windows through a managed Virtual Machine. Cygwin provides a full POSIX environment (as a windows DLL) in which applications, compiled as Windows EXEs, run as they would under Unix. [7] Instead of providing a full environment like Cygwin does, MSYS2 tasks itself with being a development and deployment platform ...

  6. Microsoft POSIX subsystem - Wikipedia

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    Windows NT versions 3.5, 3.51 and 4.0 were certified as compliant with FIPS 151-2. The runtime environment of the subsystem is provided by two files: psxss.exe and psxdll.dll . A POSIX application uses psxdll.dll to communicate with the subsystem while communicating with posix.exe to provide display capabilities on the Windows desktop.

  7. Windows Package Manager - Wikipedia

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    The Windows Package Manager (also known as winget) is a free and open-source package manager designed by Microsoft for Windows 10 and Windows 11. It consists of a command-line utility and a set of services for installing applications. [5] [6] Independent software vendors can use it as a distribution channel for their software packages.

  8. Universal Windows Platform apps - Wikipedia

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    Windows 10 version 1709 and Windows Server 2019 LTSC introduced a new installation package format called MSIX, which is intended to be a replacement for both the APPX format and the Windows Installer (.msi) desktop application installation format. [33] MSIX is now the preferred way of distributing UWP apps. [34]

  9. Alpine Linux - Wikipedia

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    The aim of this package manager is to achieve a high install and update speed, which it does by writing new data directly in-place into the operating system's file system, rather than employing caching or compression. [14] In 2014, Alpine Linux switched from uClibc to musl as its C standard library. [18]