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Wrong or missing colors specifically inside Windows Terminal connected to WSL, even though the same shell config looks fine over plain SSH.
Setting up Windows Terminal specifically for a smooth WSL experience: default profile, font, and the settings that most commonly need adjusting.
WSL's path from a cancelled Android-compatibility project through syscall translation to a genuine, Microsoft-maintained Linux kernel in a lightweight VM.
Getting WSL2 and a Linux distro running from a clean Windows install using the single-command path, plus what to check if it doesn't work the first time.
Running several separate Linux distros side by side under WSL, installing new ones, switching between them, and setting a specific one as your default.
Eighteen months after its reveal, WSL gained full Microsoft support, multi-distro Store installs, and Windows Server compatibility, ending its beta status.
The wsl --install command, shipped via KB5004296 in mid-2021, collapsed WSL's previously multi-step manual setup process into a single line.
WSL dropped its Preview label in the Microsoft Store on November 22, 2022, decoupling its update cycle from Windows and letting improvements ship independently.