Hyper V is exactly like VMware Workstation or Oracle VirtualBox, except that Hyper V is from Microsoft and is available for free for almost all the versions of Windows except Home version. Hyper V is a virtualization software from Microsoft which allows you to run multiple Operating system on your Windows Machine. Since Hyper-V is shipped with Windows OS (Except Home Edition), chances are that you already have Hyper V available in your system, ready to be used. Hence, if you are new to WSL here are the steps to download and start using Kali Linux on Windows 10 subsystem for Linux.In this blog post, I will show you how to install and setup Kali Linux 2020.2 in Hyper-V. It is available on Windows store to install and run on Windows subsystem Linux. Today, here we will talk about the famous penetration testing and ethical hacking Linux distro that is Kali Linux. Also see, how to use Linux GUI apps on WSL. Moreover, if you want, the installation and access of the Linux GUI (Graphical user interface) on WSL can be done. Even the implementation of different Linux programs using a command line of WSL is possible. Whatever, still WSL is enough to start learning Linux commands and other processes. However, WSL2 has been available for developers under Windows insider program to mitigate the limitations of WSL1, yet, not for common users. However, it would not be exactly like full-fledged, at least till now, because it runs using a compatibility layer to executes the Linux binary natively thus, somewhat limited in terms of commands as compared to full-fledged Linux distros. With the help of it, we can install various mainstream Linux operating systems on our Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019.

Windows 10 WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is one of the amazing features from Microsoft implemented on Windows OS till now.

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