`az login` cannot open web browser on WSL2 + Ubuntu 22.04
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Description
**Describe the bug**
`az login` cannot open web browser on WSL2 + Ubuntu 22.04.
Upstream issues:
- https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/8892
- https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python/issues/625
**To Reproduce**
With `xdg-utils` installed:
```
$ sudo apt install xdg-utils
$ az login
A web browser has been opened at https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations/oauth2/v2.0/authorize. Please continue the login in the web browser. If no web browser is available or if the web browser fails to open, use device code flow with `az login --use-device-code`.
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: x-www-browser: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: firefox: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: iceweasel: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: seamonkey: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: mozilla: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: epiphany: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: konqueror: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: chromium: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: chromium-browser: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: google-chrome: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: www-browser: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: links2: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: elinks: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: links: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: lynx: not found
/usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: w3m: not found
xdg-open: no method available for opening 'https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?client_id=04b07795-8ddb-461a-bbee-02f9e1bf7b46&...'
```
Without `xdg-utils` installed:
```
$ sudo apt remove xdg-utils
$ az login
A web browser has been opened at https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations/oauth2/v2.0/authorize. Please continue the login in the web browser. If no web browser is available or if the web browser fails to open, use device code flow with `az login --use-device-code`.
gio: https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations/oauth2/v2.0/authorize?client_id=04b07795-8ddb-461a-bbee-02f9e1bf7b46&...: Operation not supported
```
**Additional context**
Windows Terminal supports Ctrl+Click to open hyperlinks, so the user can Ctrl+Click the URL shown in the error to open the web browser and the rest steps work as usual.
Some workarounds are provided in https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/8892 such as installing `wslu`.
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