Microsoft brings a lot of improvements to Bash on Ubuntu in Windows 10

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Published onJune 11, 2016

published onJune 11, 2016

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Microsoft introduced a lot of improvements to Windows 10 Preview withthe latest build 14361. A feature that probably received the highest number of changes isBash on Ubuntu on Windows 10. Microsoft revealed a huge list of improvements for the Ubuntu Bash console of the Subsystem for Linux feature that will help Linux developers do an even better job now.

Here’s what’s fixed and improved in Bash on Ubuntu in the Latest Windows 10 Preview build 14361:

Additionally, Bash also received support for the following syscalls low-levelw level APIs:

Bash on Ubuntu is currently available to Windows Insiders running Windows 10 Preview only. However, Microsoft will release it to the public withthe Anniversary Update, making it available to even more Linux developers who want to work on their scripts in Windows 10 without running a virtual machine.

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Microsoft brings a lot of improvements to Bash on Ubuntu in Windows 10