A quick intro to WSL2 and how to get started in the Linux environment from within Windows

Terminal commands used in this video:
PowerShell
wsl –install
wsl -l -v
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
wsl –set-default-version 2
wsl –list –online
wsl –install -d /”distro/”
wsl –shutdown

Linux
lsb_release -a
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove –purge
pwd
mkdir myDirec && ls
cd myDirec && touch myFile.txt && ls
vim myFile.txt
cat myFile.txt
date
cd /mnt/c && sudo ls
cd
exit

Useful Links
WSL kernel update: https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel
Documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/
Standard installation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
Installation for older machines: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual
Best practices: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/setup/environment

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