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July 2017 - Windows Command Line

How to Determine What Just Ran on Windows Console

July 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017 07/28/17
Rich Turner
Ever wonder what was run in that Console window that briefly appeared on your screen? In this guest post, Craig Loewen - our awesome summer intern explains how you can find out what command-line applications run on your machine. Over to you Craig ... [This article includes samples from Nathan Gau’s Blog on Using SCOM to Capture Suspicious...

Windows Subsystem for Linux out of Beta!

July 28, 2017 Jul 28, 2017 07/28/17
Rich Turner
We're excited to announce that in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (FCU) due to ship in fall 2017, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) will no longer be a beta feature and will become a fully supported Windows feature. Early adopters on the Windows Insider program will notice that WSL is no longer marked as a beta feature as of Insider build ...

SUSE’s Linux distros for WSL now available in the Windows Store

July 19, 2017 Jul 19, 2017 07/19/17
Rich Turner
We’re excited to announce that you can now download & install openSUSE Leap 42 and SLES 12 via the Windows Store RIGHT NOW! **Important Note:**** You will need to be running **any Windows 10 Insider build >= #16215 and have the WSL optional component enabled. We’ve been excitedly waiting for this moment ever since we announced that...

Ubuntu now available from the Windows Store!

July 10, 2017 Jul 10, 2017 07/10/17
Rich Turner
Today, we’re excited to announce that Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Distro is now available in the Windows Store and can be downloaded and installed on any Windows 10 Insider build >= #16215! Note: Because Windows 10 Insider builds are essentially weekly snapshots of the next version of Windows 10 as it’s being built, this feature will ...