Windows Subsystem for Linux provides an abstraction layer to allow the execution of Linux distributions directly on Windows. WSL comes in two flavours: WSL1 is a set of interfacing libraries where WSL2 uses Hyper-V, and works alongside a VM.
Unfortunately, the newer WSL2 does not support serial devices, which means you can
not use WSL2 for running Arduino programmers or serial terminals such as MiniCom.
You can setup and run a minimal WSL1 distribution alongside a WSL2 distribution
for use with projects that need serial access.
First, install a new distribution:
wsl install -d Ubuntu
Set the distribution to use WSL1:
wsl --set-version Ubuntu 1
It’ll now appear on your list when you restart Windows Terminal.
I would recommend renaming your WSL1 environment to separate it from your normal WSL2 environments:
