Microsoft Windows 10/11 WSL

Windows 10 ships with a technology known as WSL. WSL allows users to run Linux virtual machines transparently within the Windows 10 operating system.

Powershell: Install WSL with Default Ubuntu

wsl --install

To start Ubuntu under WSL, search for Ubuntu in the start menu and select the “Ubuntu on Windows” app. All class commands should be run on these Ubuntu terminals.

Full instructions and troubleshooting help is available in the Microsoft documentation.

IMPORTANT:

Go to the Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / Generic Linux to finish setting up your WSL environment.