WSL2 Overview | 點燈坊

WSL is Windows Subsystem for Linux. We can have Linux development experience in WSL.

Version

Parallel Desktop 17
WSL 2

Parallel Desktop

To use WSL2 in Parallel Desktop, we have to do the following settings:

• Hypervisor : Parallels
• Nested Virtualization : Yes

WSL

$ wsl --install

• Run Command Prompt as Administrator
• Use wsl --install to install WSL
• Restart Windows

Install Ubuntu

After restarting Windows, run WSL to install Ubuntu.

When Ubuntu is installed successfully, you can see the Ubuntu command prompt.

Conclusion

• WSL is a great feature provided by Microsoft. We can use Ubuntu in WSL

Reference

Microsoft Docs, Install WSL