The Windows Subsystem for Linux is bridging the divide between Windows and Linux by letting you run Windows 10 programs directly within a Linux shell.

Linux users, being natural hackers, immediately started working on bringing Linux graphical desktops to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Yes, you can now run the Ubuntu Unity desktop on Windows 10.

Partnering with one of the leading Linux developers, Canonical, it developed the WSL to enable you to effectively install the core of the Ubuntu Linux OS inside of Windows.

You can also go the other way by running Linux commands from Windows PowerShell. You can do this using the wsl command followed by any Linux commands you want to run.

You can run Linux commands, traipse around the provided Linux file system and even take a novel look at Windows files.

The Sudo command allows you to run commands in an elevated mode without opening a separate session for the same. Learn how to run Sudo command in Windows.

It is possible to run .sh or Shell Script files in Windows 11 or Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux. In this post, we will show you how to run a Shell Script file in Windows 11/10.

If you work with Linux, or you just want to test drive the OS, you can use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine with the distro you like alongside Windows 10.