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Installing Ubuntu on Windows 10 via WSL2
Install Windows Terminal
https://aka.ms/terminal
In Windows Powershell as Administrator (C:\>)
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
Restart Windows
Inn Windows Powershell as Administrator (C:\>)
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
Download the msi, then run to install WSL2 Linux Kernel for x64
https://href.li/?https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi
Install Ubuntu from the Microsoft Store
https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9n6svws3rx71
Launch Ubuntu from store and wait.
Then setup username and password, and write it down somewhere safe.
Use Terminal to access ubuntu terminal
Caret | Ubuntu
Add DNS Server to your list
sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
add "nameserver 208.67.222.222" to underneath existing lines
Update you Linux
sudo apt update
Install SSH
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