Set up WSL2 on Windows 10
Natively run Linux commands
Run Docker using Linux so Virtualbox is still able to run on Windows
Docker for Windows now has an option to use WSL2 in settings
Press Windows key and start typing Turn Windows features on or off. Select this and then enable the following features:
Virtual Machine Platform
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Restart Windows
Download and install the latest WSL2 Linux kernel update package for x64 machines
Set WSL 2 as the default WSL version. Open Powershell and run the folowing:
wsl --set-default-version 2
Install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from the Microsoft store
Launch the Ubuntu distribution and create a user account and password .
Install Windows Terminal and Integrate Cmder
Download the latest full release of Cmder .
Unzip the release inside the following directory:
C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Cmder
Add the following user environment variables:
CMDER_ROOT
C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Cmder
ConEmuDir
C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Cmder\vendor\conemu-maximus5
Open Cmder and navigate to Settings > Environment. Add the following line to the existing content:
chcp utf8
Configure Windows Terminal to integrate Cmder and set it as the default
Open PowerShell and generate a guid by running the following command:
New-Guid
Open Windows Terminal Settings and paste the following inside the list array, replacing guid with the unique one generated previously:
{
"guid": "{6d953325-a939-475d-a151-940cbd0302fb}",
"name": "Cmder",
"commandline": "cmd.exe /k %CMDER_ROOT%\\vendor\\init.bat",
"startingDirectory": "%USERPROFILE%",
"icon": "%CMDER_ROOT%\\icons\\cmder.ico",
"background": "#2e3436",
"padding": "15",
"fontFace": "Cascadia Code",
"fontSize": 10
}
Replace the defaultProfile property with the guid value previously generated. This will start Windows Terminal using Cmder by default.
"defaultProfile": "{6d953325-a939-475d-a151-940cbd0302fb}",
Install Visual Studio Code extensions
Install the Remote - WSL extension so folders in the WSL can be opened in Visual Studio Code.
Why is a process called Vmmem taking up a lot of memory on my local machine?
