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+title: Setup WSL
+date: 2022-02-23T11:57:08Z
+author: "ahmza"
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+tags: ["windows", "linux", "wsl"]
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+---
+
+## **Introduction**
+WSL stands for *Windows Subsystem for Linux* and what is means is the
+Linux kernel inside of windows. This is great news as it means we can
+now have native Linux inside of windows. This is huge news for developers
+or people who just want to try Linux.
+
+## **Prerequisites**
+* Enable virtualisation in BIOS
+
+## **Setup**
+Open an Elevated Powershell (Administrator mode)
+``` powershell
+wsl --install
+```
+> You may be required to restart the device, I Highly recommend you do
+
+Go to the Microsoft store and search for a Linux distribution. I prefer
+to use the "Ubuntu" distro.
+
+![Microsoft Store](/img/WSL/ubuntu.jpg)
+
+Once that is installed, go ahead and run the distribution, after it
+finishes setting itself up it will ask you for a username and password.
+These credentials are separate from the host system so you can make them
+whatever you want.
+
+And that's it you have WSL and a Linux distribution setup, now go and do
+something awesome.
+
+## **Optional**
+I use the windows terminal app to run the Ubuntu distribution, it makes
+customising the environment a lot easier. To download it head over to the
+Microsoft store and search for Windows Terminal and download it.
+
+![Microsoft Store](/img/WSL/winterm.jpg)
+
+When you login to WSL it will not default to your home directory which gets
+very annoying. So to fix that go to Windows Terminal Settings (Be sure to
+look around there are some cool features) look for Ubuntu or your
+distributions name and change the Starting directory to
+``` powershell
+\\wsl$\Ubuntu\home\ahmza
+```
+> Be sure to change "Ubuntu" to your distributions name
+
+> Be sure to change "ahmza" to your username
+
+![winterm-settings](/img/WSL/winterm-settings.jpg)
+
+## **Conclusion**
+Well done you have managed to setup WSL and use Linux inside of windows.
+No go and enjoy the freedom of Linux !!