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WSL · Easy
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Lesson 1 · On the house
wsl.conf basics
Per-distro configuration.

Lesson 2
Mounting drives
Bring Windows drives into Linux.

Lesson 3
systemd in WSL2
Services inside the distro.

Lesson 4
GPU and WSLg concept
Graphics and compute from Linux.

Lesson 5
Memory limits in .wslconfig
Cap the WSL 2 VM.

Lesson 6
Exporting and importing distros
Backup and move root filesystems.

Lesson 7
Docker Desktop and WSL
Containers next to your distro.

Lesson 8
Permissions and chmod on /mnt
DrvFS permission realities.

Lesson 9
DNS issues
When names will not resolve.

Lesson 10
Upgrading a distro
Move to a newer release carefully.
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