Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf software
gptkbp:allows running_Linux_binaries_natively
gptkbp:can_be Linux_GUI_applications
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Microsoft
gptkbp:enables Linux_command-line_tools
gptkbp:engineConfiguration wslconfig
gptkbp:enhances development workflow
gptkbp:firstPublished August 2021
July 2016
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
gptkbp:includes gptkb:WSL_2
WSL 1
gptkbp:integratesWith Windows_File_System
gptkbp:isAvailableIn gptkb:Windows_Server_2022
gptkb:Windows_Server_2019
gptkbp:isCompatibleWith Visual Studio Code
gptkbp:isCounteredBy gptkb:Microsoft_Store
gptkbp:isEnhancedBy Docker integration
improved file system performance
WSL_2_architecture
WSLg_for_GUI_apps
full_Linux_kernel
gptkbp:isManagedBy gptkb:PowerShell
Command Prompt
gptkbp:isPartOf Windows_10_feature_updates
Windows_11_feature_updates
gptkbp:isPopularIn DevOps
web development
data science
gptkbp:isRated Hyper-V_technology
gptkbp:isSupportedBy gptkb:Windows_Terminal
gptkbp:isUsedBy developers
gptkbp:isUsedFor software development
system administration
testing applications
running scripts
gptkbp:operatingHours Windows 10
Windows 11
gptkbp:provides command-line interface
Linux_kernel_interface
access_to_Linux_utilities
interoperability_between_Windows_and_Linux
gptkbp:requires Windows 10 version 1607 or higher
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Fedora
Ubuntu
Docker
Debian
openSUSE
multiple_Linux_distributions
gptkbp:uses Windows kernel