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Microsoft's new Linux utilities for Windows are missing the point—here's why WSL wins

Maybe WSL did it better all along.
Network World

Microsoft makes Linux developers feel more at home in Windows with Coreutils release

As well as Coreutils, the Build 2026 developer conference also saw Microsoft announce WSL containers CLI and API to deploy ...
OMG! Ubuntu

Microsoft brings Rust Coreutils to Windows – natively

Microsoft has released Coreutils for Windows, allowing a stack of familiar "Linux-like" command-line utilities to run ...
Liliputing

Microsoft releases preview of Sudo for Windows (run commands that require elevated privileges)

Microsoft is bringing another Linux feature to Windows… although it’s an optional feature aimed at power users. Sudo for Windows is a command line tool that works a lot like its Linux counterpart, ...
PC World

Windows gets Linux’s sudo superpower: Here’s how to turn it on

The sudo command stands for “superuser do” and is one of the most important commands to know in Unix and Linux-based operating systems. (See the most important Linux commands for beginners.) Sudo ...