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Try WSL 2 preview features by installing Windows Insider

WSL 2 is now available on Windows 10, version 2004, Build 19041+ without requiring an Insiders Preview. For install steps: [here](/windows/wsl/install)

However, if you want to try preview features on WSL, you can still follow these steps to install Windows Insider. For preview feature examples and the WSL roadmap follow [here](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-build-2020-summary/)

WSL 2 is the second version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which allows you to run a full UNIX system on your Windows machine and has significant performance improvements over WSL 1.

Choose your favorite GNU/Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu or Kali, from the Microsoft Store. Run Bash shell scripts, use tools like vim, emacs, tmux, grep, sed, awk, develop with Javascript/node.js, Ruby, Python, etc.

For more information:

WSL 2 Documentation 

Differences between WSL 1 and WSL 2 

WSL 2 with Visual Studio Code 

WSL 2 and Python 

WSL 2 and Node.js