It’s an open source kind of episode! Andy and guest Mike Nelson talk about Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and what it means for IT Pros! The discussion also includes example use cases, tips and tricks and resources for getting started! That all said, you may be wondering what WSL is! Andy and Mike cover this in detail, but the short version is, WSL is a feature for Windows that allows you to run Linux CLI and GUI applications within Windows. This is useful for developers and IT Pros for a number of reasons. Listen or watch to find out why.

In this episode

• What is WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)? - 7:20
• Who is WSL for and what problem are we trying to solve with it? - 10:50
• We can now run Linux GUI apps in Windows? - 16:18
• Is this leading us to Android apps on Windows? - 20:45
• Custom distributions on WSL with Distro Builder - 22:10
• What are the current supported Linux distributions for WSL? - 25:09
• How do SysAdmins manage this feature? - 28:10
• What kind of hardware access does WSL have? - 32:00

Resources for WSL

• DOJO article on Getting Started with WSL
• Andy and Tara Raj from Microsoft Discuss WSL
• Windows Subsystem for Linux on Microsoft Docs
• WSL on Github
• WSLg on Github
• Distro Builder for Custom Distros with WSL on Github
• Ubuntu on WSL
• Debian on WSL
• Fedora on WSL
• OpenSUSE on WSL
• Pengwin Linux
• Gentoo Linux