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• Choose your favorite GNU/Linux distributions from the Windows Store.
• Run common command-line free software such as grep, sed, awk, or other ELF-64 binaries. Run Bash shell scripts and GNU/Linux command-line applications including:
• Tools: vim, emacs, tmux
• Languages: Javascript/node.js, Ruby, Python, C/C++, C# & F#, Rust, Go, etc.
• Services: sshd, MySQL, Apache, lighttpd Install additional software using own GNU/Linux distribution package manager.
• Invoke Windows applications using a Unix-like command-line shell.
• Invoke GNU/Linux applications on Windows.

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• Choose your favorite GNU/Linux distributions from the Windows Store.
• Run common command-line free software such as grep, sed, awk, or other ELF-64 binaries. Run Bash shell scripts and GNU/Linux command-line applications including:
• Tools: vim, emacs, tmux
• Languages: PHP, Javascript/node.js, Ruby, Python, C/C++, C# & F#, Rust, Go, etc.
• Services: sshd, MySQL, Apache, lighttpd Install additional software using own GNU/Linux distribution package manager.
• Invoke Windows applications using a Unix-like command-line shell.
• Invoke GNU/Linux applications on Windows.

** Installation:**

Installation:

Installation :

• Restart your system.
• Install distro of your choice from windows store. (Just search for eg. Ubuntu and install).
• Access WSL using bash command on cmd.
• It will ask you to set username and password for your linux user.
• Check your distro using following command ;

• Install apache using following command;

• Start apache using following command;

• Access localhost to see if apache has been started successfully. Just open up browser of your choice and type 'localhost'.

• Install mysql using following command ;

• Start mysql using following command ;

• Install php using following command

• Check if php has been installed using following command;

• Make symlink of your windows magento project folder/ from where you want to access magento files in /var/www/html using ;

• cd into your symlinked folder and install magento using composer.

In my opinion the WSL way of using magento in windows is much faster than native windows and much more hassle free than installing a virtual machine and dealing with it's problems.You also have direct access to all project files so you can use your preferred editor for coding.

** Installation:**

• Restart your system.
• Install distro of your choice from the windows store. (Just search for eg. Ubuntu and install).
• Access WSL using bash command on cmd.
• It will ask you to set username and password for your linux user.
• Check your distro using the following command ;

• Install apache using the following command;

• Start apache using the following command;

• Access localhost to see if apache has been started successfully. Just open up the browser of your choice and type 'localhost'.

• Install mysql using following command ;

• Start mysql using the following command ;

• Install PHP using the following command

• Check if PHP has been installed using the following command;

• Make symlink of your Windows Magento project folder/ from where you want to access Magento files in /var/www/html using ;

• cd into your symlinked folder and install Magento using composer.

In my opinion, the WSL way of using Magento in windows is much faster than native windows and much more hassle-free than installing a virtual machine and dealing with its problems. You also have direct access to all project files so you can use your preferred editor for coding.