How to run Linux on Windows 10 with 'Bash on Ubuntu on Windows!' - Windows 10 Anniversary Edition

How to enable and using Linux (Ubuntu) on Windows 10 with "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows!" In this video I'm using the Insiders Build 14379 which you can get now OR you can wait for Windows 10 Anniversary Edition coming soon!

UPDATE: I failed to mention that you need to enable "Developer Mode" in Windows Settings. Sorry for the omission.

[reggiechapple]

By far this my favorite feature of the new Windows 10 update.

[nunyabiz-ik]

OMG! Thanks so much for showing every step including the background stuff, etc. Exactly how my mind works. I need all details like you show and explain. <3

[MattJennings]

Thank you Scott! I just installed Bash on Ubuntu on Windows and it's working perfectly.

For my current job I use a Windows machine. I missed Bash a lot as I used a Mac in previous jobs.

[TheMinderEngineer]

Keep the videos coming! Always love seeing the perspective of other entrepreneurs 🚀

[colinnlsn]

Thanks, Scott. Known about this for a while, but this inspired me to fire up a Hyper-V instance and try it out. Cool stuff!

[AlexBeerForEveryone]

Amazing stuff. Can't wait. Hope the update will be out soon. Thx for the video.

[gaius_marius]

Great stuff. I develop on Ubuntu at work and run a VM in Hyper-V at home. It works ok, but it is pretty heavy and uses a lot of resources. Also for some reason, things run really slow in Hyper-V. I really look forward to being able to run native binaries without at VM.

[alexandrahiller]

Thank you for this very clear and useful tutorial!

[manuchaudhary]

Truely greatest lecture. I am really thankful to you for helping me in downloading linux.

[calmeidazim]

Thanks Scott, been having fun with all these new things from microsoft :)

[seexianyang]

Thank you so much Scott for sharing this! love your video!!

[NussiRn]

Great video, thanks a lot!
I would like to see more explanatory videos from you.

[PauloMorgado]

If you're a command-line-person, here's how you can enable the Windows subsystem for Linux:
PowerShell:
    Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName
CMD:
    dism.exe /online /Enable-Feature
What I don't know is how to reset it. In the first versions you would only run as root. How can I reset this to create another account and not run as root?

[msmalik]

bash in command prompt did not work had to use lxrun/install

[jebbifer]

This video saved my life, thank you so much!

[matts.]

Bash on Windows + VcXsrv (or other x server programs) + PulseAudio server on Windows = graphical apps and Desktop Environments (like XFCE4 and Ubuntu Unity) running natively in Windows.

[rwashi]

Thanks, nice tutorial, on the newer version of Windows 10, you do have to enable Developers Mode.

[jongchanson]

Thank you so much. It's very informative!

[ArturoGarzaID]

New to all this. So you're installing different programs in order to be able to run commands from them? Like for example Git? You could just input Git commands and they will work, no matter how many other programs you have installed? Their unique commands will all work from Bash? Also, where is all this stuff saved too assuming you save projects?

[JanivzZ]

Please make more videos Scott ! please - other than the community stand-ups !!