https://drmanalo.github.io/tags/windows/Recent content in Windows on drmanaloHugoenWed, 16 Sep 2026 15:48:46 +0100https://drmanalo.github.io/posts/windows-setup/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:48:46 +0100https://drmanalo.github.io/posts/windows-setup/<h2 id="prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2> <p>To safely run Linux commands inside a Windows machine, it is better to install Linux inside Windows. With Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), we can install Linux distribution and use Linux applications, utilities and Bash command-line tools directly on Windows. This removes the overhead of a traditional <code>virtual machine</code>.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install" target="_blank">Windows Subsytem</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="install-ubuntu">Install Ubuntu</h2> <pre tabindex="0"><code>PS C:\Users\drman&gt; wsl --install -d Ubuntu Downloading: Ubuntu Installing: Ubuntu Distribution successfully installed. It can be launched via &#39;wsl.exe -d Ubuntu&#39; Launching Ubuntu... Provisioning the new WSL instance Ubuntu This might take a while... Create a default Unix user account: </code></pre>