'Interested in running Linux on Windows 10 with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), but nervous about it being both a beta and only available in Windows 10 developer mode? Your worries are over. In the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (WinFCU) WSL has graduated to being a Windows 10 feature that can be run by any user.

Tested for over a year, WSL on WinFCU is bringing many new features to this combination of the Linux Bash shell and Windows.

Besides WSL no longer being a beta or requiring users to be in developer mode, the new features include:

Install Linux distros via the Windows Store - WSL now runs multiple Linux distros - WSL comes to Windows Server & Microsoft Azure VMs - WSL now supports USB/serial comms - Miscellaneous fixes and improvements

Besides Ubuntu, the new WSL-supported Linux distros are SUSE's community openSUSE and its corporate SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). Fedora and other distros will arrive in the store shortly.'

-- source: http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-subsystem-for-linux-graduates-in-window...

Cheers, Peter