WSL puts Linux on Windows Desktops

Windows 10 supports the native execution of Linux binaries from various distributions through the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Even graphical Linux applications can make their way onto the Windows desktop.

By Christian Knermann

Updated Oct 29, 2026 4:27 PM / Published Dec 7, 2019 2:00 AM 11 min read

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Christian Knermann

Christian Knermann is Head of IT-Management at Fraunhofer UMSICHT, a German research institute. He's written freelance about computing technology since 2006.