The most powerful use case of the Windows Subsystem for Linux is the ability to build mixed experiences between Windows and Linux operating systems, which are so seamless that it feels like there is no friction at all. After all, the whole idea was to cherry-pick the best of both worlds by providing tools and configurations to bridge the gap between the two operating systems.
In this chapter, we are going to cover WSL’s launch configurations to mount Windows file systems automatically, setting up entries in the host file and running Windows processes and executables from WSL. Later ...