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(I'm newbie , sorry for possibnly silly questions)

I heard bash has a capability of multitasking. I mean an ability to run a few terminals/console applications and switch between these (Ctrl+Alt+Fx??) .

is it possible in ubuntu subsystem in Windows 10

amigo421
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    Those are TTYs, and I don't think are part of WSL http://askubuntu.com/questions/66195/what-is-a-tty-and-how-do-i-access-a-tty – TheWanderer Nov 13 '16 at 15:41

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Yes, you can run apps in the background on Bash on Windows (see this useful guide).

Update 2018-02-06

Removed previous caveat since we recently introduced the ability for WSL to keep your daemons/background-services running even if you close all your Linux consoles: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/12/04/background-task-support-in-wsl/

Also, yes, WSL supports backgrounding tasks, running multiple sessions in different panes of a single Console via tmux/screen, or multiple Windows Console instances operating the same distro instance.

Rich Turner
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