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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.

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 /s 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.