WSL

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables (in ELF format) natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019.

In May 2019, WSL 2 was announced, introducing important changes such as a real Linux kernel, through a subset of Hyper-V features. Since June, 2019, WSL 2 is available to the Windows 10 customers through the Windows Insider program, including the Home edition.

There are 3 articles tagged with WSL.

Installation Notes, PowerShell, Windows, WSL

Notes on WSL Tuning

Here I’ll store my notes on WSL tuning. I mainly use WSL to do Dev Containers, so I need it to run as smooth as possible. My main problems include: memory and disk size. Let’s see what we can do to address the problem.

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Automation, Boot Camp, Docker, Python, WSL

Visual Studio Code + Docker + Python using WSL in Windows on Boot Camp

I imagine your first thought is: why? Well, at Wehkamp we do a lot of cross platform development, but sometimes we end up with shell scripts that do stuff with Docker and Python. Usually that’s not a problem for Mac, but for Windows it’s a different thing. I have a MacBook Pro, but I’m a .NET developer, that’s why I prefer Windows, so I run Bootcamp. This article will show how to do Python development in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) using Visual Studio Code and Docker.

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Automation, bash, PowerShell, Windows, WSL

Installing Ubuntu to Windows Server 2019 (WSL)

These scripts will help to install Ubuntu to a Windows Server 2019 installation. It will download Ubuntu and activate the Linux Subsystem on Windows (WSL).

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