New Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers is available for free
Linux stalwart Red Hat has announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Business Developers. Designed for enterprise development use, the new platform is free of charge as Red Hat seeks to make things easier and more accessible for business development teams.
The new self-service offering is made available through the Red Hat Developer Program with the aim of simplifying an increasingly complex IT landscape. Red Hat is looking to assist development teams in building, testing and iterating on applications more quickly and on the same platform that underpins production systems across the hybrid cloud at no cost.
Microsoft may be making it easier to install Linux distros in Windows 11 with a new UI for WSL
While Windows Subsystem for Linux is widely recognized as being one of Microsoft most impressive achievements in recent times, WSL is not without its flaws.
Now in its second iteration, WSL makes it possible to install Linux distros within Windows 11 but it has a major obstacle that is stopping it gaining mass appeal -- it remains a text-based tool. But this could be about to change. Microsoft is exploring the possibility of introducing a new GUI to simplify the installation and management of distros.