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WSL 2 (announced May 2019 [6]), introduced a real Linux kernel – a managed virtual machine (via Hyper-V technology) that implements the full Linux kernel. As a result, WSL 2 is compatible with more Linux binaries as not all system calls were implemented in WSL 1. [7] Microsoft offers WSL for a variety of reasons.
A boot menu in Windows 7 showing options to start Ubuntu, which was added by the Wubi installer. Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows the user to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the Windows file system (c:\ubuntu\disks\root.disk), as opposed to being installed within its own partition.
Source Mage is a source-based Linux distribution.Instead of delivering binaries to users, the source code is compiled locally on the users computer. [2] This practice enables greater control over the software than other distributions that precompile software for users do, such as Ubuntu.
In addition Ubuntu 8.04 included updates for better Tango compliance, [55] various Compiz usability improvements, automatic grabbing and releasing of the mouse cursor when running on a VMware virtual machine, and an easier method to remove Ubuntu. Ubuntu 8.04 was the first version of Ubuntu to include the Wubi installer on the Live CD that ...
Snap is a software packaging and deployment system developed by Canonical for operating systems that use the Linux kernel and the systemd init system. The packages, called snaps, and the tool for using them, snapd, work across a range of Linux distributions [3] and allow upstream software developers to distribute their applications directly to users.
MKS Toolkit is a software package produced and maintained by PTC that provides a Unix-like environment for scripting, connectivity and porting Unix and Linux software to Microsoft Windows.
Since February 2023, Canonical has been releasing real-time versions of Ubuntu Pro, free for personal and small-scale commercial use in up to 5 machines. [7] [8] The real-time kernel can be added to various existing Ubuntu releases through an enablement process. [8] These kernels include the PREEMPT_RT patchset and offer long-term support. [8]
Cygwin (/ ˈ s ɪ ɡ w ɪ n / SIG-win) [3] is a free and open-source Unix-like environment and command-line interface (CLI) for Microsoft Windows.The project also provides a software repository containing open-source packages.