Microsoft is releasing a new feature for the file manager in Windows 10, that allows Linux files to be accessed directly from it.

If the user has the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) installed, then the little Linux penguin Tux will appear in the file manager. In the file manager’s linux view, the user gets access to the file system for all linux distances that are installed on the computer. Microsoft writes about new file manager functionality:

“We’ve had the ability to access your Linux files since Windows 1903, but now you can easily get to them from your left-hand navigation pane in File Explorer. Selecting the Linux icon will show you a view of all your distros, and selecting those will place you in the Linux root file system for that distro.”

Should you wish to test “Linux File Explorer” in Windows 10’s file manager, it’s now available in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19603. For those of you who are not in such a hurry, it will all appear in upcoming Windows 10 updates but exactly when this will happen, there’s no information on yet.