1. Microsoft Build 2016
8/23/2018 4:41 PM
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2. Best of Build: Running Bash on Ubuntu on Windows!
Lorenzo Barbieri
@_geniodelmale
Nicola Iarocci
Microsoft MVP
@nicolaiarocci

3. Lots more coming soon on this 
We hear ya!
During Windows 10 we started a conversation about the Windows command-line
THANK YOU for your ideas & asks 
Two central themes emerged
Improve the Windows Console
Bring Unix/Linux tools to Windows
Bash, ssh, grep, sed, awk, etc.
Better support platforms used by OSS projects (esp. Ruby, Python, etc.)
Lots more coming soon on this 

4. *NIX Tools on Windows? Why? Homogeneity is sooo 1998!
Windows & *NIX are more prevalent than ever before
Many open-source projects depend on *NIX features
How to bring *NIX tools & features to Windows?
Considered LOTS of options
Wanted a legitimate, comprehensive, solid, stable, long-term solution…

5. The solution? Integrate UserMode Linux & its tools into Windows
Run Linux on Windows
Yes! Really!!
No VM’s – REAL Linux. On Windows. In Windows. Together!
Introducing
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Ubuntu UserMode on Windows through partnership with Canonical

6. [No VM’s were used in the making of this demo!]
Microsoft Build 2016
8/23/2018 4:41 PM
Demo
What you are about to see …
… Is a preview
… Of Ubuntu usermode
… Running on the new Windows Subsystem for Linux
… Coming soon to Windows Insiders builds
[No VM’s were used in the making of this demo!]
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7. Windows Subsystem for Linux
What we just saw
User-mode
Ubuntu
Bash, git, Python, etc.
Native Linux Bash, git and Python binaries
In Ubuntu
On Windows Subsystem for Linux
A new feature of the Windows kernel
Exposes a Linux-compatible syscall layer
Windows Kernel
Kernel
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Syscalls
read
write
open …
fork

8. What works … and what doesn’t?
This is a preview of a brand new technology
THERE WILL BE GAPS!
Many of your favorite Linux tools Work Well In Testing™
Bash, apt-get, Ruby, git, Python,
Things to avoid right now
Top – not working yet!
MySQL has issues
We’re working hard to close gaps
MANY scenarios are untested …

9. Available now for Windows Insiders and this summer inside Windows 10 Anniversary Update