A real graphical interface
Until then, the integration of GNU / Linux had been done through command lines. The objective was above all for developers, in particular, to access the many tools directly available on Linux in Bash, or any interpreter, to facilitate their daily work. To reach a larger public, it lacked support for graphical interfaces other than through software such as X11 or X Server.
Microsoft announces that this time will be a thing of the past, since WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), the Linux subsystem will directly manage the graphical interfaces of applications. In addition to this, WSL will support the graphics acceleration of the GPU, allowing to unlock new uses, in particular artificial intelligence which makes use of the great computing power of our graphics cards.
In addition to these improvements, Microsoft will offer its own package manager with Windows Package Manager, and an open source repository available now on GitHub.
Windows Terminal switches to stable version
That's not all. In 2021, Microsoft launched an alpha version of a new terminal soberly named Windows Terminal. The latter is now available in a stable version (1.0) directly on GitHub or the Microsoft Store. As a reminder, this terminal is intended to be a nice upgrade to standards for a tool long neglected by Microsoft. The new Windows Terminal manages multiple tabs, graphics acceleration, Unicode and UTF-8 characters, and allows you to quickly switch from one system to another (cmd, powershell, linux distribution, etc.).
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