Windows 10 build 14361 brings major improvements to bash

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 build 14361 with Insiders Quick Ring with major improvements focused on the Ubuntu Bash console that integrates the latest Microsoft operating system.

Microsoft brings big improvements to the Bash console in Windows 10 build 14361

Microsoft has announced today that the new Windows 10 build 14361 brings very important improvements in the Ubuntu Bash console, one of them is the inclusion of WSL support for Pseudo Terminals (PYT), something very necessary to add support for Tmux. The DrvFs sensitivity feature is also added to distinguish between case sensitivity. It is important to note that this new sensitivity only works in the Bash console since if used anywhere else NTFS will report an error.

Users will now also be able to delete DrvFs files and use read-only chmod permissions. Connectivity is also added to 0.0.0.0 and:: as a local host. Apart from this there are still many additional improvements to discover in the Windows 10 Ubuntu Bash.

To be able to use the Bash console in your Windows 10 you need to follow some small steps that will not take more than 10 minutes. First of all you need to activate the developer mode from "Settings" - "Updates and security" - "For developers". Now you just have to enable the Windows subsystem for linux, click on the start button, open the classic control panel, programs and click on the option "Activate or deactivate features". Now find the Windows subsystem for Linux and activate it.

Source: softpedia