Installation

Visit the Microsoft Store and install Ubuntu.

Click get and then wait for the download to complete. You can view the status of the download by clicking the download icon in the top right corner.

Once it has downloaded, click the launch button from the initial ubuntu screen.

Enter a new username and password.

Launch the Ubuntu App to get a command prompt.

USER@HOST:~$ uname -a
Linux N-CND1042RH7 5.4.72-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Wed Oct 28 23:40:43 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Common Tasks

$ cd ~
$ ln -s /mnt/c/Users/mehan home

$ vi ~/inputrc

Add the following

set bell-style none