As mentioned by another reply, WSL2 is best to use. Note that you have to have Windows 10 ver. 2004 for a WSL2 installation. Here are a couple links I found helpful. Microsoft's documentation is very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fntjriRe48 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about I also read along the way that if you are using another Hypervisor (such as Virtualbox) on the same machine that there may be some "hiccups". WSL uses Windows built-in Virtual Machine architecture since WSL is essentially a VM running a Linux distro (and you can run multiple distros under WSL, such as Suse, Ubuntu, Redhat, etc). Hope this helps. Peter On 6/25/2021 1:12 PM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > It has received some solid work, and is well documented, let me know if you need a hand in geting it running. > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 9:53 PM Victor Odhner via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Thanks. My more recent attempts seemed to be leaning towards WSL 2, though the other looked like a much simpler approach.  I hope I don’t have a dozen copies of "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS” cluttering together … > ______________ > > On 20210624, at 21:19, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#install-windows-terminal-optional > > Don’t use wsl 1 but use 2 if you can help it. > >> On Jun 24, 2021, at 8:40 PM, Victor Odhner via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >> >> I got a Windows 10 laptop to mesh with some (ech!) Microsoft in a project. >> >> I’m learning very slowly, since (a) I retired from software in 2013 and (b) have been in recovery since then and (c) I really never stepped outside Linux except for company email. >> >> So of course I’ll make Linux available on that computer if I can. >> But I’m stuck. >> >> *Anyone know the steps?* >> *  I selected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and selected WSL 1.* >> *  I got a message saying it was installed, but I can’t find a way to start it up.* >> *  I can’t find any control panel for it.* >> >> Any idea how to do this? >> :) >> >> Thanks, >> Victor Odhner >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss