Install Linux desktop app on WSL if a full desktop is unnecessary ... Click the first option (the bash run command) to start using Linux. We use Ubuntu as the preferred Linux operating system.

WSL works a lot like a virtual machine (WSL2 is actually just a Hyper-V container), but the Linux VM doesnt have its own desktop environment ... still want the typical Ubuntu or Debian distro ...

Today, the performance of Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) on Windows 11 has been tested against Ubuntu 21.10 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The hardware used in the test rig is the same as the one ...