HOW TO INSTALL WSL for Windows 10 (also works on W11) 1 STEP On the Windows 10 search bar search for 'Microsoft Store' and open it. 2 STEP Search for "Windows Subsystem for Linux" and click on "Install" 3 STEP On the Windows 10 search bar search for 'Windows Features' and open it. 4 STEP Enable 2 features: - Windows Subsystem for Linux - Virtual Machine Platform 5 STEP Click on install, wait and restart the PC 6 STEP Open the Windows Terminal (cmd) and check if WSL is installed correctly by executing: wsl -v 7 STEP Check for all possible installations by executing: wsl --list --online 8 STEP Install your favorite OS by executing: wsl --install -d {OS} 9 STEP On the Windows 10 search bar search for 'WSL' and open it. 10 STEP Check if all it's OK ERR 1 Sometimes with the basic user you don't have enough permissions to execute the 'ping' command. You may execute: sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /bin/ping