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| ===== What is WSL ? ===== | ===== What is WSL ? ===== | ||
| - | //Windows Subsystem for Linux// (**WSL**) lets you **run a Linux distribution on your Windows computer**, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine (VM) or dual-boot setup | + | //Windows Subsystem for Linux// (**WSL**) lets you **run a Linux distribution on your Windows computer**, without the overhead of a traditional Virtual Machine (VM) or dual-boot setup |
| More reading: | More reading: | ||
| - | * [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about|What is the Windows Subsystem for Linux?]] | + | * [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about|What is the Windows Subsystem for Linux? (and WSL 2)]] |
| - | * [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about#what-is-wsl-2|What is WSL 2?]] | + | |
| * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WSL#What_is_WSL.3F|What is WSL?]] on the Ubuntu wiki site | * [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WSL#What_is_WSL.3F|What is WSL?]] on the Ubuntu wiki site | ||
| ===== Prerequisites ===== | ===== Prerequisites ===== | ||
| - | * A computer running at least //Windows 10 Anniversary Update//, that is with a version number of ''1607'' (July 2016) or higher | + | ==== Windows version ==== |
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| + | * A computer running [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual#step-2---check-requirements-for-running-wsl-2|Windows 11 or Windows 10, Version 1903, Build 18362 or later]] | ||
| * [[other:win10maintain#checking_the_installed_version|Check the installed version on your computer]] | * [[other:win10maintain#checking_the_installed_version|Check the installed version on your computer]] | ||
| - | * [[other:win10misc#windows_10_versions|Check the available versions]] | + | * [[other:win10misc#windows_10_versions|Check the available Windows versions]] |
| - | * [[other:win10maintain#updating_windows_10|See if you can update your Windows]] if your installed version is not the most receent available version | + | * [[other:win10maintain#updating_windows_10|See if you can update your Windows]] if your installed version is not the most recent available version |
| - | * Note: there is sometimes a delay between the official release and the time when Windows Update will actually tell you that a major update is available for **your** computer (e.g. the //September YY09// update may become available for you only in December) | + | |
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| + | ==== Computer memory ==== | ||
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| + | FIXME | ||
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| + | ==== Disk space ==== | ||
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| + | FIXME | ||
| * //Enough// space on ''C:\''. Microsoft instructions say //The Windows Subsystem for Linux only runs on your system drive (usually this is your C: drive)// | * //Enough// space on ''C:\''. Microsoft instructions say //The Windows Subsystem for Linux only runs on your system drive (usually this is your C: drive)// | ||
| * Exporting a //simple// Ubuntu configuration (after doing everything from //Base installation// to //Advanced configuration// below) with the [[other:win10wsl#creating_a_backup_of_the_linux_running_in_wsl|wsl --export]] command generated a 2.7 Gb tar file (uncompressed), so it's probably good to **start with at least 3 Gb of free space on ''C:\''** (and you always need to keep enough free space on ''C:\'' for regular Windows operation) | * Exporting a //simple// Ubuntu configuration (after doing everything from //Base installation// to //Advanced configuration// below) with the [[other:win10wsl#creating_a_backup_of_the_linux_running_in_wsl|wsl --export]] command generated a 2.7 Gb tar file (uncompressed), so it's probably good to **start with at least 3 Gb of free space on ''C:\''** (and you always need to keep enough free space on ''C:\'' for regular Windows operation) | ||
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