27/11/2021
WSL on Windows 11...Nice Feature. 👌
(This exists on Windows 10Pro as well).
If you like Linux and can't find the time to setup a VM on your PC...welcome to the Windows Subsystem for Microsoft Windows. Really nice feature if I do say so myself.
Although it's starting to look more like a Linux Distro known as MacOS. Daniel Drennan let me know your thoughts on this.
If you are not familiar with MacOS I strongly suggest looking into this, as it has really interesting features being built on a Linux system.
✔️ How do you setup a Linux Subsystem on your computer?
Head over to your 'control panel' and go to 'programs and features. Then, from the left menu select 'Turn features on or off' and ✔️ the box for the Linux Subsystem.
"You might have to enable features in your BIOS if you cant enable this feature."
Once this is setup select Windows terminal (admin) and run the following commands.
wsl -l (check the version your running)
wsl --install (install a fresh version on your PC)
wsl -- update (make sure its up to date)
wsl -l -o (show versions running on your PC)
wsl --install -d (install a distro version Ubuntu-20.04)
✔️ The full command to run your install
wsl --install -d Ubuntu-20.04
That's it - you can now run Linux commands on Windows terminal...nice feature. 👌
"Windows Subsystem for Linux is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2019. In May 2019, WSL 2 was announced, introducing important changes such as a real Linux kernel, through a subset of Hyper-V features."
on Windows 11...Nice Feature. 👌
(This exists on Windows 10Pro as well).
If you like Linux and can't find the time to setup a VM on your PC...welcome to the Windows Subsystem for Microsoft Windows. Really nice feature if I do say so myself.
Although it's starting to look more like a Linux Distro known as MacOS. Daniel Drennan let me know your thoughts on this.
If you are not familiar with MacOS I strongly suggest looking into this, as it has really interesting features being built on a Linux system.
✔️ How do you setup a Linux Subsystem on your computer?
Head over to your 'control panel' and go to 'programs and features. Then, from the left menu select 'Turn features on or off' and ✔️ the box for the Linux Subsystem.
"You might have to enable features in your BIOS if you cant enable this feature."
Once this is setup select Windows terminal (admin) and run the following commands.
wsl -l (check the version your running)
wsl --install (install a fresh version on your PC)
wsl -- update (make sure its up to date)
wsl -l -o (show versions running on your PC)
wsl --install -d (install a distro version Ubuntu-20.04)
✔️ The full command to run your install
wsl --install -d Ubuntu-20.04
That's it - you can now run Linux commands on Windows terminal...nice feature. 👌
"Windows Subsystem for Linux is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2019. In May 2019, WSL 2 was announced, introducing important changes such as a real Linux kernel, through a subset of Hyper-V features."