Enabling WSL in Windows 10 Before you can install Ubuntu on WSL, WSL has to be enabled in one of the following ways: Using the GUI for enabling Windows features Open the Start Menu and search Turn Windows features on or off Select Windows Subsystem for Linux Click OK Restart your computer when prompted Using PowerShell Open PowerShell as Administrator and run: Toggle line numbers 1 Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux Restart your computer when prompted Ubuntu on WSL Installing Ubuntu on WSL via the Microsoft Store (Recommended) The recommended way to install Ubuntu on WSL is through the Microsoft Store. The following Ubuntu releases are available as apps on the Microsoft Store: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial) is the first release available for WSL. It supports the x64 architecture only. (offline installer: x64 ) Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic) is the second LTS release and the first one supporting...