Windows Subsystem for Linux is useful for developers who use Windows. Learn how to set default user, switch user & remove a user in WSL.

There are two methods to add users to WSL distro (Windows Subsystem for Linux) - When logged in as a SUDO user and When logged in as ROOT.

WSL stands for Windows Subsystem for Linux, and it does what it says on the tin. It's a compatibility layer that allows users to run a fully-fledged, integrated Linux system on top of their ...

WSL 2 was announced at Microsoft's Build developer conference in May. WSL 2 is enabled by the new Microsoft-built Linux kernel based on version 4.19 of Linux.

A year ago, Microsoft officials announced plans to bring support for Linux GUI apps to Windows 10. A first preview of this feature is part of Dev Channel test build 21364.