With Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) on Windows 10, you can play Linux on Windows 10 very easily.

How to Install

Requirements

You are running Windows 10, version 2004, updated to build 19041 or higher. You can check the version of Windows you are using with the winver command.

Enable "Windows Subsystem for Linux"

Open powershell as administrator and do the following:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

Enabling "Virtual Machine Platform"

Open powershell as administrator and do the following: You will be asked if you want to restart your PC, so enter Y. The PC will restart automatically.

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all

Installing the Linux kernel for WSL2

Download and install the Linux kernel for WSL2 from the Update WSL 2 Linux Kernel (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-kernel) page.

Set default to WSL2

Set to use WSL2 by default when installing a Linux distribution. Open powershell and do the following:

wsl --set-default-version 2

Install a Linux distribution

Start Microsoft Store and search for distributions such as Ubuntu Besides Ubuntu, there are several types such as Debian and SLES. If you want to install a specific version of Ubuntu, you should install the one with the version (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, etc.). There seems to be a change in the version of Ubuntu depending on when it is installed.

2. Click the "Get" button to install Ubuntu 3. After the installation is complete, click "Start" to start Ubuntu! 4. Set the Ubuntu user ID and password at the first startup, and the installation is completed. The user name you enter here has nothing to do with your Windows user name. If you need root privileges, you can run it with sudo. If you have forgotten your password, see Forgot Password.

How to use

Start from the start menu

The installed Linux distribution can be started from the start menu in the same way as a normal application. Start while logged in as the created user.

Access from Windows Terminal

In Windows Terminal, the WSL2 profile is automatically registered, so you can easily access it. So recommended. You can install it from the Microsoft Store, so if you are interested, give it a try.

File sharing between Windows and Linux

Accessing files on Windows from Linux

Windows C drive is mounted on Linux / mnt / c. You can access files on Windows by accessing / mnt / c.

Accessing files on Linux from Windows

You can access files on Linux with \\ wsl $ \ [distribution name]. If you are using Ubuntu, access it with \\ wsl $ \ Ubuntu.

Time shift problem

I've been using it for a while and noticed that the Ubuntu time on WSL2 is shifting quite a bit. Apparently, Ubuntu isn't syncing with the Note PC when it wakes up from sleep. It seems to be a known issue and has not been fixed yet. (WSL2 date incorrect after waking from sleep) As a workaround, use sudo hwclock -s to forcibly synchronize the time or use wsl --shutdown to stop WSL2 and then start it. For the time being, I try to execute sudo hwclock -s every time I log in as shown below.

Set / etc / sudoers to be able to execute the hwclock command without a password Execute the sudo visudo command and edit the / etc / sudoers file as shown below.

# Allow members of group sudo to execute any command
%sudo   ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
%sudo   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/hwclock -s  #Add this line

Added hwclock command to ~ / .bashrc Add the following line to the end of the .bashrc file in your home directory

# sync HW clock
sudo hwclock -s

How to Uninstall Installed Linux distributions can be uninstalled from Add or Remove Programs just like regular applications.

Other

You can browse the list of installed distributions, uninstall, etc. with the wsl command from the command prompt.

C:\>wsl -l -v
  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-20.04    Running         2

Link

Documents about Windows Subsystem for Linux
WSL related resources. You can access all the information from here.
Installation Instructions for WSL 2
WSL2 installation procedure.

Use Linux on Windows 10 (WSL2)