I do all my Linux work inside Windows now, and I genuinely can't tell if Microsoft won or lost
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Linux Workflows on Windows 11 Without Dual BootUsing WSL 2, the author handles Bash, SSH and container tasks without rebooting between operating systems.
Key FactsAug 7, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: xda-developers.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: xda-developers.com
- The author removed the dual-boot partition from his desktop and repurposed his former Linux computer as a Proxmox node.
- According to the author, WSL 2 provides a real Linux kernel in a lightweight virtual machine, allowing Ubuntu, including systemd, to run with near-bare-metal performance.
- Microsoft’s recently released Coreutils for Windows includes more than 75 Unix-like commands that can be used through PowerShell on the native filesystem.
- The author sees Linux as the winner in development tooling and Microsoft as the winner in retaining desktop users, while end users no longer need to reboot.
Linux won the argument about how development tooling should work, thoroughly enough that Microsoft quit resisting and rebuilt around it.— Korbin, Linux system administrator, from the XDA Developers article
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