Linux in Windows
Oct 19, 2021
4 minutes
Are you part of the slightly sinister sounding Windows Insiders Program? Have you installed an even more sinister-sounding Preview Build of Windows 10 (at least build 20262)? Then it’s easy to run Linux as part of WSL 2.0: just open an administrator-privilege Windows command prompt and run wsl --install . This also works on Preview Builds of Windows 11. A few clicks and pops and a restart later and you’ll be in business.
Actually the GUI App Support download is pretty large, so now might be a good time to make a cup of tea. On return WSL, Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Platform, their custom Linux Kernel
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