Now Microsoft is bringing the heart of Linux into Windows. Thanks to a feature called Windows Subsystem for Linux, you can already run Linux applications in Windows. … The Linux kernel will run as what’s called a “virtual machine,” a common way of running operating systems within an operating system.

Is Windows built on Linux?

Since then, Microsoft has been drawing Windows and Linux ever closer. With WSL 2, Microsoft started including within Windows Insiders releases its own in-house, custom-built Linux kernel to underpin WSL. In other words, Microsoft is now shipping its own Linux kernel, which works hand-in-glove with Windows.

Is Windows 10 based on Linux?

No, Microsoft isn’t making Windows 10 into a Linux distribution. It will still be based on the Windows kernel.