WSL2

Links

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config

Using New Windows Terminal

• profiles.json
  • set defaultProfile to Ubuntu
  • for linux home dir:

"commandline" : "wsl.exe ~ -d Ubuntu-20.04",

Running Linux Commands

• using bash.exe

bash.exe -c "jupyter-notebook ; /bin/bash"

• using wsl

wsl jupyter-notebook &

fstab

z: /mnt/z drvfs rw,relatime 0 0

mount network share

mount -t drvfs '\\server\share' /mnt/share

Docker in WSL

• install docker on linux
• add to ~/.bashrc

# Start Docker daemon automatically when logging in if not running.
RUNNING=`ps aux | grep dockerd | grep -v grep`
if [ -z "$RUNNING" ]; then
    sudo dockerd > /dev/null 2>&1 &
    disown
fi

Multiple Distro Instances

* Settings -> Apps -> Ubuntu -> Advanced -> Reset to initial state

wsl --list
wsl --export Ubuntu-20.04 Ubuntu_fresh_rootfs.tar.gz

wsl --import DistroName InstallationPath Ubuntu_fresh_rootfs.tar.gz
wsl -d DistroName

• alternative: https://github.com/yuk7/wsldl