That’s because Linux under WSL2 is largely text-based. You can also adjust the settings to tweak the color scheme and even add a background picture.
As the drop-down menu shows, you can open tabs in Linux, the command line, and PowerShell.
Mark Hachman / IDG …But there’s also the pretty new Windows Terminal app, with Ubuntu open in the current tab. You’re still free to run a BASH shell from within a Linux application like Ubuntu, but Terminal’s designed to be the preferred way to run Linux within Windows. Now Terminal stands in as a command-line interface for DOS, PowerShell, and Linux, with multiple configurable tabs to run any of them side by side. The Command Line served as a DOS shell for years, allowing you to navigate Windows and run various commands. (Converting your existing distro over from WSL1 to WSL2 is relatively simple, too: Simply type wsl -set-version 2Īnd yes, there’s a new Windows Terminal app. Linux is free, conveniently available from the Microsoft Store as one of a number of downloadable distributions including Ubuntu and Debian, and relatively easy to set up. To set it up, you’ll need to enable Windows’ Linux capabilities manually via the “Turn Windows features on and off” panel. You’re free to use Bash to open up something like the emacs text editor within Ubuntu… Consequently, performance is expected to improve, one of the key upgrades for WSL2 over WSL1. There's plenty to do, but Signal's excellent security means it's already a good privacy choice.With WSL2, Linux now runs on its own kernel, in what’s essentially a virtual machine. If you use Linux, you’ll also be able to place your Linux files within the Linux root file system, and access them via Windows File Explorer inside the Linux virtual hard disk. Signal doesn't even require any user names, passwords or PINs - you just use your existing phone number and address book (which is easy, but keep in mind it also gives your phone number to every chat partner). End-to-end encryption protects everything you're doing from snoopers, even Signal's server doesn't have access to your communications, and the app is open-source so technical users can review the code to check what's going on. Wherever you're using it, Signal's major plus point is its security (the developer has even been endorsed by Edward Snowden). Open the desktop app and you'll find all the same conversations you've started on your mobile. You don't need to use both the Android and Chrome builds, but if you do, you'll find the two work well together. The app is the desktop version of the iOS/Android app, Signal Private Messenger, although it only connects to Android systems right now.
Signal Desktop is a free desktop app for secure one-to-one or group chats, with support for file attachments and media sharing.
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