Run Linux... on DOS. Seriously.

Move over Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). DOS Subsystem for Linux (DSL) is here!

This is 17 different kinds of awesome

The DOS Subsystem for Linux allows you to run Linux terminal software… inside DOS.

Seriously. DOS. Like… MS-DOS.

Not a joke. Not a prank. This is a real thing.

Check this out:

Check that out. Running DOS.

You can run a Linux command (like ls) by simply doing “dsl ls”.

And you can read and write to the same files via both Linux and DOS.

Absolutely amazing.

Setting it up isn’t a 100% simple process, but it is outlined on the project GitHub page.

Imagine this:

Running Linux (say, Debian)… and running a VM with DOS… then running DOS Subsystem for Linux inside DOS.

Why?

Why not, I say! :)

Kudos to Hailey Somerville for the most excellent work!

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