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by cpuguy83 2628 days ago
WSL is Windows Subsystem for Linux, and it is part of Windows. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 It translates Linux system calls into Windows.

This allows you to run a Linux userspace on Windows. The Windows store has (for free) installable distros for Ubuntu, Debian, and others.