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April 7, 2018 04:34 pm
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Microsoft Open Source Tool Lets You 'Bring Your Own Linux' To Windows
Long-time Slashdot reader Billly Gates writes: Debian is now available in the Windows app store. It joins Ubuntu, Suse Leap, SuSe enterprise, and Kali Linux for those who cannot or do not want to bother with a virtual machine or a full install of the OS. However, it included stable 9.3. 9.4 is available from the repository if you run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. "Fedora is not yet available, although Microsoft has stated openly that it is working to make it so," reports Computer Weekly. And there's more:Microsoft has also provided an open source tool called Microsoft WSL/DistroLauncher for users who want to build their own Linux package where a particular distribution is either a) not available yet or b) is available, but the user wants to apply a greater degree of customisation to it than comes as standard.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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