--- title: Howdy, Windows! A Six-part Series about Ubuntu-on-Windows for Linux.com description: I hope you’ll enjoy a shiny new 6-part blog series I recently published at Linux.com.The first article is a bit of back story, perhaps a behind-the-scenes look at the motivations, timelines, and some of the work performed between Microsoft and Canonica […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/howdy-windows-a-six-part-series-about-ubuntu-on-windows-for-linux-com?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Dustin Kirkland](https://canonical.com/blog/author/kirkland "More about Dustin Kirkland") 9 August 2016 # Howdy, Windows! A Six-part Series about Ubuntu-on-Windows for Linux.com [bash](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/bash) [php](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/php) [python](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/python) [Windows](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/windows) --- Share the article I hope you’ll enjoy a *shiny* new 6-part blog series I recently published at [Linux.com](http://linux.com/). 1. The [first article](https://www.linux.com/learn/howdy-ubuntu-windows-intro-canonicals-dustin-kirkland) is a bit of back story, perhaps a behind-the-scenes look at the motivations, timelines, and some of the work performed between Microsoft and Canonical to bring Ubuntu to Windows. 2. The [second article](https://www.linux.com/learn/howdy-ubuntu-windows-getting-started) is an updated getting-started guide, with screenshots, showing a Windows 10 user exactly how to enable and run Ubuntu on Windows. 3. The [third article](https://www.linux.com/learn/howdy-ubuntu-windows-ubuntu-commands-every-windows-user-should-learn) walks through a dozen or so examples of the most essential command line utilities a Windows user, new to Ubuntu (and Bash), should absolutely learn. 4. The [fourth article](https://www.linux.com/learn/howdy-ubuntu-windows-write-and-execute-your-first-program) shows how to write and execute your first script, “Howdy, Windows!”, in 6 different dynamic scripting languages (Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby, PHP, and NodeJS). 5. The [fifth article](https://www.linux.com/learn/howdy-ubuntu-windows-writing-compiled-languages) demonstrates how to write, compile, and execute your first program in 7 different compiled programming languages (C, C++, Fortran, Golang). 6. The [sixth and final article](https://www.linux.com/learn/howdy-ubuntu-windows-how-fast-it) conducts some performance benchmarks of the CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network, in both native Ubuntu on a physical machine, and Ubuntu on Windows running on the same system. I really enjoyed writing these.  Hopefully you’ll try some of the examples, and share your experiences using Ubuntu native utilities on a Windows desktop.  You can find the source code of the programming examples in [Github](http://github.com/) and [Launchpad](http://launchpad.net/): * * [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### How to create a VSCode Linux remote environment](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-create-a-vscode-linux-remote-environment) What’s the best way to get a Linux environment in VSCode? Developers love Visual Studio Code (VSCode) for its flexibility and for its goldilocks balance of powerful features... [Nathan Hart](https://canonical.com/blog/author/nhart) 28 March 2023 [### Multipass 1.11 brings enhanced performance for Linux on Mac and Windows](https://canonical.com/blog/multipass-1-11-brings-enhanced-performance-for-ubuntu-on-mac-and-windows) Multipass 1.11 is here! This release has some particularly interesting features that we’ve been wanting to ship for a while now. We’re excited to share them with you! For those... [Nathan Hart](https://canonical.com/blog/author/nhart) 1 February 2023 [### Single-command Docker environments on any machine with Multipass](https://canonical.com/blog/docker-on-mac-and-windows-multipass) Multipass has a new workflow tailored to run Docker containers on macOS, Windows or Linux. One single command, no dependencies, full flexibility. Multipass exists to bring... [Nathan Hart](https://canonical.com/blog/author/nhart) 28 January 2022 [### How-To: Docker on Windows and Mac with Multipass](https://canonical.com/blog/replacing-docker-desktop-on-windows-and-mac-with-multipass) Update: there is now a more streamlined way to run Docker on Multipass – see this tutorial for more details. Original blog below: If you’re looking for an alternative to Docker... [Nathan Hart](https://canonical.com/blog/author/nhart) 23 December 2021