list installed

Set Default WSL

wsl --set-default <Distribution Name>

Check Status

C:\Users\User>wsl --status
Default Distribution: Debian
Default Version: 2

List Currently Installed + Status

PS C:\Users\User> wsl -l -v
  NAME          STATE           VERSION
* Debian        Stopped         2
  kali-linux    Running         2

or

C:\Users\User>wsl -l -v
  NAME          STATE           VERSION
* Debian        Stopped         2
  kali-linux    Running         2

List all Installable

C:\Users\User>wsl -l -o
The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
Install using 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>'.

NAME                                   FRIENDLY NAME
Ubuntu                                 Ubuntu
Debian                                 Debian GNU/Linux
kali-linux                             Kali Linux Rolling
Ubuntu-18.04                           Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu-20.04                           Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu-22.04                           Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu-24.04                           Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
OracleLinux_7_9                        Oracle Linux 7.9
OracleLinux_8_7                        Oracle Linux 8.7
OracleLinux_9_1                        Oracle Linux 9.1
openSUSE-Leap-15.5                     openSUSE Leap 15.5
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP4    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP5           SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5
openSUSE-Tumbleweed                    openSUSE Tumbleweed