Microsoft is delivering tools to quickly configure Windows PCs as workstations for Windows and Linux development.

The tools Linux developers love are coming to Windows.

The Dev Box looks a little like a cartoon anvil or piano fell onto an Xbox Series X and flattened it. Its aluminum casing was designed “to double as a heatsink,” and its preloaded version of Windows ...

Microsoft continues its big Linux push at Build 2026 ...

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Microsoft is embracing Linux-like command line utilities and integrating its Linux subsystem even further into Windows.

Microsoft’s Build 2026 Windows updates add developer setup tools, local AI models, Linux workflows, and agent security controls.