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Not using a Windows computer? Computers running macOS or Linux are already set up to compete! You don't have to worry about these instructions.
Installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is easy to do, and gives you access to a Linux terminal on a Windows machine.
Open PowerShell as an Administrator clicking the Start button, then typing "Windows PowerShell," and clicking "Run as Administrator"
Type the following into powershell, then press enter.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-LinuxWhen prompted, restart your computer.
Prefer a different distro? You're more than welcome to use that; however, the problems were written with Ubuntu in mind, so we recommend using Ubuntu.
Install Ubuntu from the Windows Store.
You can launch Ubuntu by simply typing "Ubuntu" into the start menu.
