How to install Linux on Windows 11 with WSL for Beginners

In this video, I’ll guide you through the step-by-step process of installing WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) on your Windows 11 computer. Learn how to enable the necessary features, update WSL, and install Ubuntu for a seamless Linux experience on your Windows system.

Here’s what you’ll learn:
✅ How to enable Windows features like Virtual Machine Platform and WSL.
✅ Verifying WSL installation and updating to the latest version.
✅ Installing Ubuntu via Microsoft Store and setting it up.
✅ Navigating between Linux and Windows file systems effortlessly.

Whether you’re a beginner or looking to enhance your development workflow, this tutorial has got you covered. If you find this video helpful, don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more tech tutorials!

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[mehdimansouri]

useful video for activating wsl on windows 11

[damiankeyes]

Thank you so much for this video. My boot camp school had us download WSL and Ubuntu, but it never showed us how to access our PC folders and files. Now, I can pass this knowledge on to others who run into the same problem.

[drago_]

I'm just starting to learn Linux from today, this video seemed way too easy compared to others
Can someone explain how this method is different and why people use those complicated methods?

[gausieuquay]

Thank you very much. It helps me a lot.

[petrodrobov]

1:04 I've enabled features, but when tried to run wsl --status I got 'The Windows Subsystem for Linux is not installed. You can install by running 'wsl.exe --install'.' So people have to run 'wsl.exe --install' also. Moreover, this command installs the latest Ubuntu automatically

[lennyrust-wj]

Installing: Windows Subsystem for Linux
The requested operation requires elevation.
I am 1000% sure that I ran cmd as admin i also tried in powershell, to my knowledge I dont have any group policies that would block it any way to fix this?

[biglebowszki]

what if wsl hasn't been installed on computer? my prompt says 'not recognised as an internal or external command?

[jayaprakashp]

I want to install Docker on our PC, but while installing it, it was throwing an error like something was wrong with WSL, so I am trying to solve that issue, and I found this video, but I am unable to install or update WSL, and I always end up with a catastrophic failure. Can you please show me a solution for this?

[nuerty]

When installing WSL and Ubuntu in the Microsoft Store, what storage does it go into?

[shaikroshan]

My Microsoft store is not installing the ubuntu, it is showing trg again "something happened our end" and tried so many ways, I used reset and repair functions of microsoft store app in the settings, and I tried manual installation of unbuntu, it installed but it is not lauching the ubuntu server, I have trying so many different ways but still nothing is working....

[aleksanderagungaleksander]

BANG WSL SAYA ADA PESAN BANG KNP YA BANG DISURUH YES DAN NO KNP YA BANG TOLONG DIJAWAB