Microsoft released a tool to run any version of Linux on Windows 10

Microsoft has released a tool for anyone who likes Linux to use Linux kernel versions running on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), a component of Windows 10 that allows Linux to run on Windows 10 PC.

Earlier, Microsoft officially released the image file (image file) of Ubuntu, SUSE, Kali Linux and Debian on the Windows Store store. But even so, the OS manufacturer still has not enough time and resources to transfer all Linux kernels to run on WSL. There are too many Linux versions and most are created for their own purposes.

WSL DistroLauncher Sample is available on GitHub

Therefore, Microsoft decided to turn into open source project called WSL DistroLauncher Sample, containing reference implementations to bring Linux OS to Windows 10 WSL.

The result of using WSL DistroLauncher Sample is that there will be a UWP application running Linux via WSL of Windows 10. The instructions needed to use this new tool are in the project's README file on GitHub.

Running Linux on Windows 10 can help many people

Microsoft hopes to have more Linux kernels on the Windows Store

Not just for the Linux kernel, this project is also geared towards independent developers. The Linux kernel team can create the official WSL package and distribute it via the Windows Store, and developers can run these Linux versions on their machines.

To avoid creating and uploading Linux versions that they do not own, Microsoft said the Windows Store will only accept WSL image files from official kernel development teams.

Here is the link to this project on GitHub https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL-DistroLauncher

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