WSL 2.0 - Linux On Windows 10

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Run all commands in Windows PowerShell with admin rights

• Enabling the Virtual Machine Platform

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

• Enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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

• Restart the machine even if it was mentioned /norestart

• After restart reopen powershell with admin rights

• Set default WSL version to 2.0
  

wsl --set-default-version 2

• It will give you upgrade message like this

WSL 2 requires an update to its kernel component. For information please visit https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel
For information on key differences with WSL 2 please visit https://aka.ms/wsl2

• Download the standalone update from this site

• Install the update by double click

• Search for Ubuntu 20 LTS from app store

• After installation you should be able to see ubuntu in the start menu

• Clicking it will open a bash shell

• All your windows drives will be under /mnt/

• Search for Windows Terminal from app store for better terminal experience

• Upgrade your shell to ZSH (not mandatory but just for the love of ZSH)
  

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"