Window Subsystem for Linux 🔗
Scott Hanselman with some nice tips on how to use WSL, and other Windows tips.
- Use Windows Terminal instead of command prompt
- it knows about the various shells, eg command prompt, PowerShell, WSL Linux distros
- right-click to split window
- Oh My Posh
- a prompt theme engine for any shell
- looked nice when he used it, but I won't use it because it needs setup for each type of prompt, and I prefer naked prompts
wsl --list --onlineto see list of available distroswsl --list -vto see state of installed distrosdfinside WSL to see drives, eg the Windows c: drive- can run Windows commands inside WSL
- eg notepad.exe (but remember to edit files in Linux format)
- eg explorer.exe to use Windows to explorer WSL
code .is an exception- special handling to run VSCode
- runs as a client/server app
- extensions can be local (Windows) or on server (WSL)
- localhost on WSL is port forwarded to Windows
- can install GUI apps in WSL and run them from Windows
- eg Gimp - install in WSL and it'll show up on Windows menu under Ubuntu
- useful if there's an app you want to run that's only available on Linux
- .Net Core is just another app available from apt or whatever