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John Pfuntner committed Apr 8, 2024
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<td>Instructions for installing WSL and installing a Linux Distro
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<br/>Be aware that <span class="italic">Virtualization</span> must be enabled on the Windoze machine.
When I started, vitualization was not installed:
When I started, vitualization was not enabled:
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PS C:\Windows\system32> wsl --install Ubuntu-22.04
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is already installed.
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Data Execution Prevention Available: Yes
PS C:\Windows\system32>
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<br/>I had to do this in my laptop's bios:
<br/>I had to enable it from my laptop's bios:
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<br/><img src="images/virtualization.png" width="690" height="518"/>
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<br/>I even had to look up tips from the Internet to bring up the BIOS menu so your mileage may vary!</td>
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<td><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about"><spam class="italic">What is the Windows Subsystem for Linux?</span><a></td>
<td>The <span class="italic">man page</span> for the <span class="monospaced">wsl</span> command.</td>
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<h3>Likes</h3>
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<h3>Tips</h3>
<p>I learned some other tips you might find useful with WSL.
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<tr><th>Tip</th><th>Comments</th></tr>
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<td>Avoid the <span="monospaced">shutdown</span> command!</td>
<td>Lately I've found <span="mospaced">shutdown -r 1</span> to be the easiest way to do a reboot a Linux machine and recover control of your shell before the reboot but you should avoid the command in WSL.</td>
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