WSL

Windows Subsystem for Linux.

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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a powerful way for you to run your Linux command-line tools, utilities and applications, all unmodified and directly on Windows without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual boot setup.

You can install WSL right away by running this command inside of your Windows command line:

wsl --install

You can learn more about best practices for setup, overviews of WSL and more at our WSL documentation page.

Related repositories

WSL also has related open source repositories:

• microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel - The Linux kernel shipped with WSL
• microsoft/WSLg - Support for Linux GUI apps in WSL
• microsoftdocs/wsl - WSL documentation at aka.ms/wsldocs

Learn more about WSL: https://aka.ms/wsldocs

Downloads & Release notes: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases