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Virtual Machines are invaluable for executing code in isolated environments, or sandboxing, but they can be very resource intensive and may waste large amounts of storage space. Some projects do not require such an isolated perfect simulation of an environment.

Windows Subsystem for Linux is a Windows feature that allows for running a Linux environment on a Windows computer with much greater efficiency than Virtual Machines.

## Table of Contents

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Windows Subsystem for Linux is a compatibility layer made by Microsoft to allow Linux programs to be run on Windows. Its main components are the ability to run binaries (compiled programs) made for Linux, a Bash shell, and a Linux file system. This Windows feature that allows for running a Linux environment on a Windows computer with much greater efficiency than Virtual Machines.

## Installing WSL

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## Conveniently Using WSL With VSCode

VSCode, a popular IDE that is recommended for programming on Multirotor, has an extension that allows it to run programs through the Linux distribution and edit code files stored in the Linux instance.
VSCode, a popular IDE that is recommended for programming on Multirotor, has [an extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl) that allows it to run programs through the Linux distribution and edit code files stored in the Linux instance.

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