WSL
Linux on your Windows
Step 1 - Enable WSL
Open Windows Powershell Terminal.

Run the WSL installation command:
wsl --install
** It may ask you to choose a username and password.
After the installation complete, please restart your windows machine.
Step 2: Install Ubuntu
Open Microsoft Store:
After restarting, open the Microsoft Store from the Start menu.

Search for Ubuntu:
In the Store, type "Ubuntu" in the search bar. You’ll see various versions like Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, etc
Select and Install:
Click on the version you want to install, then click the Get or Install button.
Step 3: Set Up Ubuntu
Launch Ubuntu:
Once installed, you can launch it directly from the Microsoft Store or by searching for "Ubuntu" in the Start menu
The first time you launch Ubuntu, it will take a moment to set up. After that, you will be prompted to create a new
user
account and password
Step 4: Install and Update Packages (aka Drivers)
Update and Upgrade default Packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Install more important packages
sudo apt install curl iptables build-essential git wget lz4 jq make gcc nano automake autoconf tmux htop nvme-cli pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip libleveldb-dev -y
Install Docker
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y
for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
echo \
"deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
"$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
# Docker version
docker --version
Optional: To install more packages, please check this.
**this pages based on 0xmoei post.
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