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Microsoft says the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can now be installed on Windows 10, version 2004 or later using a single terminal command.

Now that it's been released with the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build, find out how to install, enable and use WSL 2.

The Installing WSL 2 docs explains how to get up and running with WSL 2.” For a full list of all the new improvements rolling out in the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18917.

The latest Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20246 has further improved the Windows Subsystem for Linux, popularly referred to as WSL.

The newest Windows 10 Fast Ring release, 14316, includes Ubuntu and Bash. It may not have a Linux foundation, but this is close as a Windows PC has ever come to also being a Linux computer.

Multiple Windows 10 version 2004 users are reporting they're unable to launch WSL 2 after installing Tuesday's security update, detailed in KB4571756.