Get Ubuntu on WSL
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
The latest LTS version of Ubuntu on WSL. LTS stands for long-term support – which means five years of free security and maintenance updates, extended to 15 years with Ubuntu Pro.
Intel or AMD 64-bit architecture
ARM 64-bit architecture
Rust 1.78, .NET 8 and OpenJDK 21 with TCK certification in addition to other toolchain upgrades
Windows 11 (recommended) or Windows 10 with minimum version 21H2 on a physical machine
To install, you can download and double-click the .wsl image, or open the PowerShell terminal and run wsl --install
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Ubuntu Pro brings enterprise-grade security and compliance, with up to 15 years of coverage.
- Security updates for the full open source stack
- Estate monitoring and management of WSL instances
- Optional weekday or 24/7 support tiers
- Ubuntu Pro subscriptions also cover security maintenance for popular toolchains on WSL, such as Python, Go, Rust, and more.
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