Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is like a gateway drug to the world of Linux and in this guide I’d like to get you started with one of the super user distributions: Debian.

In this tutorial I am assuming the following:

you are running the latest version of Windows 11 with WSL2 installed;
You have a basic understanding of what WSL is.
You have a basic understanding of what systemd is. Just know that it’s a thing is sufficient 😊
I will be focusing on getting a Debian WSL2 VM setup with System-D, this can then help you install and run things such as Docker or NixOS package manager or snapd…

First, Install Debian and register a user using the command: