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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

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  What is Windows Subsystem for Linux?(WSL 2) The Windows Subsystem for Linux provides a GNU environment which includes command-line tools, applications and also utilities without dualboot setup and virtual machines.  How to? You need to turn on the following windows features ➡Virtual Machine Platform ➡Windows Hypervisor Platform ➡Windows Subsystem for Linux After enabling these features your pc needs to be restarted  Open Microsoft Store and select your favourite Linux distributions and install it. For now I will show you "Kali Linux" installation: 1. Now open Powershell and run it as an administrator to set wsl 2 as default 2. Type wsl --set-default-version 2   3.Open Kali linux terminal which you have installed from microsoft store  4. Wait for the install setup to be completed and Enter your username and password when you are asked. 5. Download and install the WSL2 Linux Kernel from here: https://aka.ms/wsl2kernel Install Win-keX: We can install win-kex via...