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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a powerful way for you to run your Linux command-line tools, utilities and applications, all unmodified and directly on Windows without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual boot setup.

You can install WSL right away by running this command inside of your Windows command line:

wsl--install

You can learn more aboutbest practices for setup,overviews of WSL and more at ourWSL documentation page.

WSL also has related open source repositories:

• microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel - The Linux kernel shipped with WSL
• microsoft/WSLg - Support for Linux GUI apps in WSL
• microsoftdocs/wsl - WSL documentation at aka.ms/wsldocs

This project welcomes contributions of all types, including coding features / bug fixes, documentation fixes, design proposals and more.

We ask that before you start working on a contribution, please read ourContributor's Guide.

For guidance on developing for WSL, please read thedeveloper docs for instructions on how to build WSL from source and details on its architecture.

This project has adopted theMicrosoft Open Source Code of Conduct

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The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the repository. There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsoft’s privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located athttps://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.