You can have Linux's Bash shell running in Windows 11 in mere minutes. Here's how.

The first step is to become a Windows insider. Type ‘ Advanced Windows Update option ’ in the Windows 10 search bar and join the Insider build program. That gives you early access to upcoming ...

The newest Windows 10 Fast Ring release, 14316, includes Ubuntu and Bash. It may not have a Linux foundation, but this is close as a Windows PC has ever come to also being a Linux computer.

In this guide, we'll show you how to use the Windows Package Manager (winget) to find, download, and install apps with Command Prompt on Windows 11.

Presently, Bash in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is based on Ubuntu 14.04, but Microsoft is working on support for the newer Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, too.

Once done, open the Ubuntu bash shell in Windows by typing ‘bash’ in the Start menu of Windows and it will open a Linux terminal. Now it’s time to turn Ubuntu against itself.