Linux, terminal and Git

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WSL 2 with Ubuntu

Set up your machine

The (WSL) lets you run a real Linux distribution, a complete version of Linux, inside Windows. You do not need to split your disk or restart into a second operating system. Open as an administrator and run wsl --install.

That one command switches on the Windows features WSL needs. It also makes WSL 2 the default version and installs , a popular distribution. The first time Ubuntu opens, it asks you to pick a Linux username and password.

These are separate from your Windows login. WSL 2 runs a genuine Linux kernel (the core of the operating system) inside a small, lightweight . So tools behave just as they do on real servers. From here on, everything in this roadmap happens inside that Ubuntu shell.

Common trapfollowing Windows-only tutorials in PowerShell or , then hitting commands that do not exist there.

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Resources for this stage

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  • Visual Studio Code

    The editor used through this roadmap, with official set-up guides for each operating system

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  • roadmap.sh: LinuxGo deeper

    A map of the whole Linux topic, to see how much there is beyond this stage

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