initial setup

To install WSL on a windows machine, use Debian, and use WSL2:

# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
# install (ubuntu by default)
wsl --install 

# specify a distro to install 
wsl --install -d Debian
# reboot here

# list all
wsl -l -v

# set default wsl version for all instances
wsl --set-default-version 2

# set the default wsl version
wsl --setdefault Debian

# remove the ubuntu install 
wsl --terminate Ubuntu
wsl --unregister Ubuntu
wsl -l -v