
All future launches should take less than a second. The first time you launch a newly installed Linux distribution, a console window will open and you'll be asked to wait for files to de-compress and be stored on your machine. If you're running an older build, or just prefer not to use the install command and would like step-by-step directions, see WSL manual installation steps for older versions. ( This default distribution can be changed). This command will enable the features necessary to run WSL and install the Ubuntu distribution of Linux. Open PowerShell or Windows Command Prompt in administrator mode by right-clicking and selecting "Run as administrator", enter the wsl -install command, then restart your machine.

You can now install everything you need to run WSL with a single command. If you are on earlier versions please see the manual install page. You must be running Windows 10 version 2004 and higher (Build 19041 and higher) or Windows 11 to use the commands below. The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers install a Linux distribution (such as Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Kali, Debian, Arch Linux, etc) and use Linux applications, utilities, and Bash command-line tools directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup. Check out our article on how to install WSL on Windows.Developers can access the power of both Windows and Linux at the same time on a Windows machine. Thanks to Microsoft finally understanding the true value of Linux, WSL (Windows Subsystem For Linux) has made installing Linux on Windows possible. We have a separate article about how to dual-boot Linux Mint and Windows 10. How do I dual-boot Linux and Install Windows 10?.It is now possible to run Windows programs using Wine, but not all programs work very well, and some of them don’t work at all. Refer to our how to create a bootable Windows 10 USB on Linux article, flash your USB flash drive, boot from the USB drive, format storage partitions, and proceed with the normal installation process. How do I go back to Windows from Linux?.This saves you a lot of time compared to installing Ubuntu first and then installing Windows.

The best way of setting up a dual-boot PC is by installing Windows first and then making space, and installing Ubuntu later.

