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Windows Users: Enable WSL and SSH into Windows with Bash. See the Get started with OpenSSH for Windows guide for details.

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Install SSH on Linux

Run the following commands to install the OpenSSH client and server, then enable and start the SSH service: 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y openssh-client openssh-server
sudo systemctl enable ssh
sudo systemctl start ssh

# Either command works to check the status
sudo systemctl status ssh
sudo systemctl status sshd
All SSH-related files are stored under /home/<username>/.ssh on your system.

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