Partnering with one of the leading Linux developers, Canonical, it developed the WSL to enable you to effectively install the core of the Ubuntu Linux OS inside of Windows.

In this guide, we'll show you everything there is to know to run virtually any Linux distro on Windows 10 on a virtual machine using Hyper-V.

How to enable Secure Boot on PC to install Windows 11 How to install Windows Subsystem for Linux Before you can install any version of Linux on Windows 10, you must install WSL using Control Panel.