Great question. I'll be happy to answer it descriptively. " How do you open the terminal on a Dell laptop? "
Recently after the popularity of Linux, In August 2020 windows decided to announce a Linux environment on Windows. Which can be set up easily.To Install the Linux terminal inside the Windows 10 please follow the steps given below:
1 Click on the windows icon and search for Microsoft store2 Search for Linux you will see the following apps are there to download.
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
openSUSE Leap 15.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
Kali Linux
Debian GNU/Linux
Fedora Remix for WSL
Pengwin
Pengwin Enterprise
Alpine WSL
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3 I'll recommend you to go for ubuntu 18.04 or Kali Linux. Ubuntu 18.4 is more stable than any distribution for Windows.Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
openSUSE Leap 15.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
Kali Linux
Debian GNU/Linux
Fedora Remix for WSL
Pengwin
Pengwin Enterprise
Alpine WSL
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4 Install Ubuntu 18.04.
5 Close the window and run the power shell and paste the command written below.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online-FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux6 It will take some time. When the installation process gets finished, enter the new username for your terminal and a strong password. A strong password contains Alphanumeric characters with some special characters.
7 You are done with everything, close the PowerShell.
There are two ways to open the terminal.
You can search for ubuntu 18.04 you have installed or get into any folder press shift and right-click, select open Linux shell here.
Here is your Terminal which is the same as Ubuntu 18.4.
On the first start, running some commands to get the update installed.
Or there is another way. You can install a virtual box or VMware, to install the Linux operating system according to your need. For that must check my blog uk2blogger.blogspot.com and youtube channel.
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get update
apt-get install package name.
Hope this blog contains all the thing you wanted to know about. If you like this blog.
Must check out my blogger page and youtube channel for some more advanced tips and tricks to run the Linux Machine on windows and Virtual box or Dual boot.