Install an Outpost on Windows — by way of WSL2. Windows is WSL2-first here: bootstrap Ubuntu once, and from there Windows is Linux. Part of the Outpost Installation Plan.
## WSL2 First
WSL2 gives Windows a real Ubuntu userland with full ffmpeg, yt-dlp, IPFS and systemd support — one flow maintained instead of two. Run the install from an administrator PowerShell:
# in an ADMINISTRATOR PowerShell — the one step outside bash wsl --install -d Ubuntu
Restart when prompted, open the Ubuntu shell from the Start menu, and follow Outpost on Linux from Stage 0 — every step runs unchanged inside WSL2.
## Caveats
- `localhost` forwarding: Windows browsers reach WSL2 services on `localhost`, but the mapping occasionally drops after sleep — `wsl --shutdown` and reopen restores it - systemd is on by default in current WSL2 Ubuntu; older installs need `systemd=true` in `/etc/wsl.conf` - keep the wiki farm in the WSL2 filesystem, not on `/mnt/c` — the 9P bridge is slow
## See
- Outpost on Linux — the flow WSL2 hands over to - Outpost Installation Plan — the design behind this flow - Outpost on macOS — the sibling flow
# Assets
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