Now all you need to do is install ‘Bash’ on Windows. So I tasked myself with running Bash shell on Windows.Ĭheck the box for WSL (Windows subsystem for Linux) However, I do run Windows 10 in a virtual machine (VM) on Mac OS just for the sake of keeping myself updated with all three platforms – Linux, Mac OS and Windows. I don’t have a dedicated Windows machine due to a lack of ‘UNIX’ capabilities on Windows. Microsoft came up with an interesting solution: bring Linux to Windows. Microsoft worked with Canonical to bring Ubuntu on Windows, which I have written about in detail.

There are solutions like Cygwin, but they are not ideal. Developers running Windows machines can use virtual machines, but they have over 15-20 percent overload.

Microsoft has been working on PowerShell, but it has its own limitations. Customers running Linux need native Linux tools to manage their machines. Even Microsoft admits that a Linux runs on more than 25 percent of machines on its Azure platform. The enterprise landscape is changing with the rise of Linux and open source, both have emerged as a dominant player in this segment.

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