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 WSL, Windows subsystem for Linux

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Documentation

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

  Windows Subsystem for Linux Documentation.

https://github.com/sirredbeard/Awesome-WSL

  Awesome list dedicated to Windows Subsystem for Linux.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/automatically-configuring-wsl/

  Automatically Configuring WSL.

wsl utility

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Run Linux command from default distro::

  wsl ls

  wsl -e /bin/ls

  wsl --exec /bin/bash

Run Linux command from specific distro::

  wsl -d ubuntu ls

  wsl -d debian -e /bin/ls

  wsl -d debian --exec /bin/bash

  wsl -distribution debian --exec /bin/bash

Run Linux command from specific user::

  wsl -u user ls

  wsl --user root ls

Combining user & distro::

  wsl -u root -d alpine -- ls

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

  Ways to run WSL.

wslconfig utility

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List distros::

  wslconfig /l

  wslconfig /list

Set default distro::

  wslconfig /s debian

  wslconfig /setdefault debian

Terminate any running parts of distro::

  wslconfig /t debian

  wslconfig /terminate debian

Mounting external drives

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  sudo mkdir /mnt/f

  sudo mount -t drvfs f: /mnt/f

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

  ``/etc/wsl.conf`` configuration options.