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Run this command in your terminal in the directory the iso was downloaded to verify the SHA256 checksum:

echo "96c7f5fb28a7fe28245331f9bfbe4375f18dd29a4850116ad3c4f60f6700c55c *ubuntu-26.04-wsl-amd64.wsl" | shasum -a 256 --check

You should get the following output:

ubuntu-26.04-wsl-amd64.iso: OK

Or follow this tutorial to learn how to verify downloads.

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