Linux will be available to users of windows 10 computers with arm

It has been a long time since Microsoft and Linux get along quite well, proof of this is that the Microsoft application store in Windows 10, offers the possibility of installing Ubuntu and other distributions within Windows 10 itself. For now it is only possible on X64 systems, although very soon it will also be available for ARM teams.

Microsoft shows Linux running on an ARM-based Windows machine

In a session at the Windows 10 on ARM for Developers conference, Microsoft showed Ubuntu running inside Windows on an ARM PC, the app comes from the Microsoft Store, so support for AM processor based systems is on the way.

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This news coincides with the release of an ARM64 SDK, which was never previously available, despite the existence of several devices with 64-bit ARM processors and 64-bit Windows 10. Presumably, other Linux distributions that are available in the Store will follow the same path by recompiling their own Windows subsystem for Linux shells on ARM machines.

If this is confirmed, x86 systems will be the only ones that cannot run Linux within Windows. The abandonment of 32 bits is something that is getting closer every day, so it is logical that companies stop dedicating their efforts and resources on something that has its days numbered.

We will be watching for the arrival of Linux for Windows computers based on 64-bit processors, something that may be most interesting for users of these computers.