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 …
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On 20210624, at 21:19, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#install-windows-terminal-optional <
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 <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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
>
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