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  1. Open the Microsoft Store and search Linux
  2. Choose a linux distro.
    1. If you are unsure which to choose, we recommend Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
  3. Click Get to begin the installation
  4. When the installation has finished, search for your Linux version under the start menu and run it.

    Info

    If you get the following error message you must have administrator privileges and run the following command from Powershell (see above). Otherwise skip to step 5:
    Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

  5. Follow the on screen instructions to initialize your distro. If at any point you are lost, visit this site.
  6. After you have successfully created the Linux environment, follow this guide to connect to EECS SSH servers from Linux.

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