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Windows Subsystem for Linux comes to the Microsoft Store for everyone

TechSpot

Four years after the initial release, the compatibility layer known as Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has become an integral part of Windows. As announced by Microsoft Program Manager Craig Loewen, the Microsoft Store version of WSL is dropping its "Preview" label and becoming generally available to the public.

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

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Hittle is a Level III, top-ranked, Acquisition Program Manager and Systems Planning Research, Development, and Engineering Professional. Before entering the land of Big Data, Alex spent the better part of ten years wrangling Linux server farms and writing Perl as a contractor to the Department of Defense and Department of Justice.

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Microsoft transforms the Windows Subsystem for Linux into a Windows 11 app

The Verge

Microsoft has transformed the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) into an app that you can simply download and install from the Microsoft Store on Windows 11. Microsoft enabled Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 for developers last year, and features like this will be available immediately in the Microsoft Store in the future.

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Attend the 6 Feb @Cloudera Federal Forum: For the Analyst, Data Scientist, #BigData Technologist in DC

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Matt Carroll – General Manager, 42Six, a CSC Company. Marshall – Deputy Program Manager, NSG Program Management Office, IT Service Directorate, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Prior to Cloudera, Eli worked on processor virtualization and Linux at VMware. 11:00 AM Government Panel.

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Microsoft angers the.NET open source community with a controversial decision

The Verge

Microsoft has spent the past 10 years embracing open-source software and, at several points, even admitting it loves Linux and the open source community. The Linux Foundation even praised Microsoft for working with the open source community after the company joined the foundation nearly five years ago.

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Microsoft’s new Android antivirus app is now available in preview

The Verge

Scans are instantly performed detect malware and potentially unwanted applications (PUA),” explains Kanishka Srivastava , a senior program manager at Microsoft. “If If a safe app is downloaded, the end user will see a lightweight notification letting them know the app is clean.”. Microsoft’s antivirus software for Android. “In

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Seattle investors back Battlesnake, makers of a growing game that turns coding into competition

GeekWire

Liquid 2, Ascend, 200 OK, and angel investors including Jason Warner (former CTO of GitHub) and Chris Aniszczyk (CTO of Linux Foundation) also participated. -based Battlesnake, the company announced Wednesday. The community has grown to some 10,000 developers around the world.