Get started with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Arm
Introduction
Configure and run WSL with various Linux distributions
Run graphical Linux applications
Enable systemd in WSL
Use SSH to connect to WSL
Connect to WSL using RDP and VNC
Developing with VS Code on WSL
Import file systems into WSL
Backup a WSL filesystem
Next Steps
Get started with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Arm
Backup WSL to a file
Use the export command to save the state of a WSL instance.
wsl --export Ubuntu-24.04 ubuntu-backup.tar
The tar file can be copied and imported to the same machine or to another machine.