Search for the distribution you want to install. wsl --list --online We'll go for the Ubuntu 22.04.

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) user? If so, you will be pleased to hear that Ubuntu is now available in Microsoft’s new tar-based distro format — no need to use the sluggish Microsoft Store.

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