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WSL

📝 organizations/companies/microsoft/wsl

Windows features

The following features must be enabled:

  • Containers
  • Windows Subsystem for Linux

Linux distributions

Ubuntu 24.04

Open a dos window as Administrator to install the default Linux system:

wsl --install

Ubuntu is now available in Windows Terminal. Make sure systemd is enabled:

cat /etc/wsl.conf
stat /sbin/init

Linux applications

Containers