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Setting up the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Setting up the Windows Subsystem for Linux

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- [Malcolm] We can access an AWS account through the command line or using Gooey tools in either Windows or Linux. For this course, I'll demonstrate both environments. The current release of Windows 10 allows for Linux subsystems to be used directly on Windows, known as the Windows Subsystem for Linux or WSL, avoiding the need for third-party software emulators. The Windows Linux Subsystem doesn't provide for a graphical interface, but for our purposes, we're fine with running at the command line. Windows offers a number of Linux options, including the popular Ubuntu Linux, as well as SUSE and Debian. It even has the Kali system for penetration testing. I'll plan on using Ubuntu. The first thing we need to do is to configure the Windows Subsystem for Linux by selecting Settings, Apps, Programs and Features, and turn Windows features on or off. And if we scroll down, we can see that I've got Windows Subsystem for Linux…

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