Install a complete Ubuntu terminal environment in minutes with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Develop cross-platform applications, improve your data science or web development workflows and manage IT infrastructure without leaving Windows.

Key features:

• Efficient command line utilities including bash, ssh, git, apt, npm, pip and many more
• Manage Docker containers with improved performance and startup times
• Leverage GPU acceleration for AI/ML workloads with NVIDIA CUDA
• A consistent development to deployment workflow when using Ubuntu in the cloud
• 5 years of security patching with Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) releases

Ubuntu currently provides the 22.04.3 LTS release. When new LTS versions are released, Ubuntu can be upgraded once the first point release is available. This can be done from the command line by using:

sudo do-release-upgrade

Installation tips:

• Search for “Turn Windows features on or off” in the Windows search bar and ensure that “Windows Subsystem for Linux” is turned on before restarting your machine.
• To launch, use “ubuntu” on the command-line prompt or Windows Terminal, or click on the Ubuntu tile in the Start Menu.

For more information about Ubuntu WSL and how Canonical supports developers please visit:

https://ubuntu.com/wsl