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Microsoft’s new developer-optimized Windows embraces Linux even more
- Tom Warren
- June 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Microsoft is kicking off its Build developer conference today with a promise of making Windows a trusted platform for development. As the company continues to focus on performance and reliability fixes for Windows 11, it's also creating a developer-optimized experience that bundles a lot of useful tools and apps and embraces Linux even further.
"We have optimized the Windows 11 experience for developers, bringing frequently used command line utilities, a familiar comfort shell, faster setup experience, a built-in way to create and interact with Linux containers on Windows and a new experimental Intelligent Terminal," explains Windows chief …
Originally published at The Verge