On April 21, Microsoft released a new Windows 10 test build, 21364, to the Dev Channel. This build includes a few new noteworthy features including the ability to run Linux graphical user interface ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is starting to allow Windows 10 testers to access Linux GUI apps. The ...

Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) has allowed users to install a Linux distribution and run command line applications since Windows 10 first launched in 2015. Initially aimed at developers ...

Alex Ruiz follows up his popular JavaOne 2007 presentation with this introduction to test-driven GUI development with FEST. Learn what differentiates FEST (formerly TestNG-Abbot) from other GUI ...

As part of today's build, Microsoft is adding an orange indicator to the Windows Update icon in the notification area (system try) which is meant to alert users when they need a reboot. There's also a ...

Even when the above commandments are observed, there’s generally more important work for a QA staff than the often disorganized grunt work traditionally assigned them. This month, we’ll describe the ...

In a recent post, I benchmarked a Windows system to one running Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI (WSLg). WSLg allows you to run graphic Linux as applications on a Windows system. If you are not ...

For a company that once painted Linux and open source as cancers, Microsoft has been doing a lot in the past years to embrace both. It's not going to be an open source company, of course, and many ...