Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Introduction, Installation, and Configuration
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Windows Subsystem for Linux
What is WSL? 16
Exploring the differences between WSL 1 and 2 17
Overview of WSL 1 18
Overview of WSL 2 19
Summary 20
Chapter 2: Installing and Configuring the Windows Subsystem for Linux
Enabling WSL 22
Checking for the required Windows version 22
Checking for the easy install option 23
Enabling the required Windows features 24
Installing the Linux Kernel 25
Installing Linux distros in WSL 26
Configuring and controlling WSL 27
Introducing the wsl command 27
Introducing wsl.conf and .wslconfig 32
Summary 34
Chapter 3: Getting Started with Windows Terminal
Introducing Windows Terminal 36 ...
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