MSN on MSN

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

Maybe WSL did it better all along.

Dev Configs for Windows: From fresh install to IDE in one command

With Microsoft's new Dev Configs, a Windows installation becomes a ready-to-use developer workstation with a single command – ...
heise online

Unix commands natively on Windows: Microsoft releases its own Coreutils

For decades, Coreutils have been part of the standard repertoire for Linux administrators and developers. Those who wanted to use these tools on Windows with largely identical behavior previously ...
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 ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Stop memorizing two sets of commands—these 7 work on Windows and Linux

Unleash the power of cross-platform command-line compatibility ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft's Coreutils project brings Linux commands to Windows

Microsoft announced today at its Build 2026 developer conference the release of Coreutils for Windows, bringing many commonly used Linux command-line utilities to Windows as native applications. The ...
Ars Technica

Perl and forcing use of Windows shell command dir

I write Perl programs that use the Windows shell command dir. The dir command is built into cmd.exe and there is no dir.exe in the System folder. My colleagues use my Perl programs and some of them ...