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  1. You must first enable the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" optional feature before installing any Linux distributions on Windows.

  2. Open PowerShell as Administrator (Start menu > PowerShell > right-click > Run as Administrator) and enter this command:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

  1. After running this command restart your machine

  2. Install ubuntu from the following link

  3. From the distribution's page, select "Download".

The first time you launch a newly installed Linux distribution, a console window will open and you'll be asked to wait for a minute or two for files to de-compress and be stored on your PC. All future launches should take less than a second.

  1. You will then need to create a user account and password for your new Linux distribution

    • Once the process of installing your Linux distribution with WSL is complete, open the distribution (Ubuntu by default) using the Start menu. You will be asked to create a User Name and Password for your Linux distribution.

    • This User Name and Password is specific to each separate Linux distribution that you install and has no bearing on your Windows user name.

    • Please note that whilst entering the Password, nothing will appear on screen. This is called blind typing. You won't see what you are typing, this is completely normal.

    • Once you create a User Name and Password, the account will be your default user for the distribution and automatically sign-in on launch.

    • This account will be considered the Linux administrator, with the ability to run sudo (Super User Do) administrative commands.

    • Each Linux distribution running on WSL has its own Linux user accounts and passwords. You will have to configure a Linux user account every time you add a distribution, reinstall, or reset.

  2. Finally, go to Powershell and run the following commands:

wsl --update
wsl --set-default-version 2
wsl --set-default Ubuntu-24.04