How to Set Up WSL2 on Windows 11

Windows 11 ships with WSL2 support built in — no manual kernel updates, no legacy workarounds. This is the cleanest path to a Linux environment on Windows I've seen so far. Prerequisites Windows 11 (any edition — Home, Pro, Enterprise) A user account with Administrator privileges Internet connection for downloading the distro Step 1 — Open PowerShell as Administrator Right-click the Start button → Terminal (Admin) or search for PowerShell , right-click → Run as administrator . You'll need this f