Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0144.html

1. Launch Powershell as administrator
2. Run the following command dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
3. Reboot
4. If running Windows 2004 or newer, run the following additional commands to use WSL 2 dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart wsl --set-default-version 2
5. Click the Start Button - Search Microsoft Store - Select Microsoft Store
6. Search for the Linux distribution to install (Debian, Ubuntu, etc)
7. Select the Linux distribution and click the Get button in the upper right corner
8. After the Linux distribution downloads and installs, select the distribution from the Start menu to launch it
9. Input a username and password to be used in the Linux environment ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMRUKGsfbw8