WSL gave me the Linux tools I wanted without the reboots, partitions, and daily friction that made dual-booting annoying.

Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 was released nearly 3 years ago. This brought the ability to run the Bash shell and run Linux binary executables that you’d be able to run on Ubuntu Linux.

I've been using Ubuntu for decades. Whether you're new to the OS or returning to it after a while, these are the essential ...