After openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), it now looks like Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux operating system is available for download from the Microsoft Windows Store.
Of course, we’re talking here about a barebone Ubuntu operating system that runs under the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which is mainly targeted at developers who don’t want to build a dual-boot machine running both Windows 10 and the latest Ubuntu Linux release.
Talking about the latest Ubuntu release, it appears that the Ubuntu version provided by Canonical and Microsoft in the Windows Store is based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), a long-term supported version that will receive security and software updates for five years, until April 2021.
Dubbed Ubuntu on Windows, this special Ubuntu build allows users to use various command-line utilities like … (read more)
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