The Initial Preview of GUI app support is now available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux
A year ago at BUILD 2020 we introduced our goal to bring Linux GUI applications to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux …
Tag: Windows
Visual Studio on Windows now supports Linux debugging using WSL2
In this video we take a look at the new feature for debugging Linux .net core applications in Windows using Visual Studio 16.9 …
Free Windows 10 development virtual machines for HyperV, Parallels, VirtualBox, and VMWare
You probably know that you can download free developer tools for Windows 10 up at the Windows Dev Center here. Visual Studio Community IS effectively …
New Windows Server Resources available on Microsoft Learn
All modules were built by Orin Thomas. The team and I are looking for feedback. Let us know if anything else needed to be …
Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 introduces a significant architectural change as it is a full Linux kernel built by Microsoft, allowing Linux …
Cool WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) tips and tricks you (or I) didn’t know were possible
It’s no secret I dig WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and now that WSL2 is available in Windows Insiders Slow it’s a great time to really explore …
Now is the time to make a fresh new Windows Terminal profiles.json
I’ve been talking about it for months, but in case you haven’t heard, there’s a new Windows Terminal in town. You can download it and …
Introducing .NET Core Windows Forms Designer Preview 1
We just released a GA version of .NET Core 3.0 that includes support for Windows Forms and WPF. And along with that release …
Integrate Linux Commands into Windows with PowerShell and the Windows Subsystem for Linux
A common question Windows developers have is “why doesn’t Windows have <INSERT FAVORITE LINUX COMMAND HERE> yet?”. Whether longing for a powerful pager like less or wanting …
Patching the new Cascadia Code to include Powerline Glyphs and other Nerd Fonts for the Windows Terminal
Microsoft released a nice new ligature-friendly open source font this week called Cascadia Code. It’ll eventually be shipped with the open source Windows Terminal (you can …