Wsl2
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Windows Subsystem for linux 2, preceeded by wsl runs a real linux kernel instead of maintaining a translation layer for system calls.
NOTE:
requires windows-10-18362 or higher
NOTE:
I/O between windows/linux filesystems is faster in wsl than wsl2.
I/O while sticking within linux filesystem is faster in wsl2.
Documentation
official docs https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about
Locations
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\wsl2
wsl root C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\wsl-${DISTRO}
wsl distrobutions
Install
choco install -y wsl2 # reboot choco install -y gsudo choco install -y wsl-archlinux # install same distros as wsl-1 choco install -y wsl-opensuse
Usage
Starting shell
wsl wsl -l # list distros wsl -d ${DISTRO} # shell within distro wsl -e ${CMD} # run command within distrointeroperability
netstat -an | gsudo wsl grep 127.0.0.1 # wsl from windows (grep from wsl) netstat.exe -an | grep 127.0.0.1 # windows from wsl (note .exe)settings
wsl --set-default-version 2 # use wsl2 by default wsl --set-version 2 <distro> # use wsl version for distro wsl --set-default <distro> #
Distros
Archlinux
https://github.com/yuk7/ArchWSL
Initial Setup:Generate an updated mirrorlist here: https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/
gsudo Arch.exe # (or wsl -d Arch_Linux) passwd # set root passwd # fix/update gpg keys and pacman wget https://pkgbuild.com/~eschwartz/repo/x86_64-extracted/pacman-static chmod +x pacman-static pacman-static -S archlinux-keyring pacman-static -S libarchive pacman-static -S zstd pacman-static -S pacman sudo pacman-key --init sudo pacman-key --populate sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys sudo pacman -Syy yes | sudo pacman -Syu useradd -m will passwd willUsage:
# Start (search): windows terminal gsudo wsl -u will # do everything else within tmux