windows Linux setup

notes.md

1. Install WSL2 w/ updates

2. Get a Linux distro from Windows store

• OpenSUSE Leap 15.2
• Ubuntu 20.04

1. Fix mount for permissions and resolv.conf

• automount config in wsl.conf
• The resolver didn't work for my local addresses, for some reason. So, manual local DNS. 🤷
  • https://medium.com/@aujlanavi0991/windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl2-override-dns-configuration-ae4207b1a7f7

1. link a dev directory
2. set up linked .ssh config
3. install X410 (pay the $10)
4. add DISPLAY var to .profile

• export DISPLAY=$( awk '$1=="nameserver"{print $2}' /etc/resolv.conf ):0.0
• export DISPLAY=$(ip r list default | awk '{print $3":0.0"; exit}')

1. set system to use Windows fonts

• https://x410.dev/cookbook/wsl/sharing-windows-fonts-with-wsl/

1. set up git prompt

• check out
• edit .bashrc

• _GITPROMPT=$HOME/devel/bash-git-prompt/gitprompt.sh
  if [[ -f "$_GITPROMPT" && -r "$_GITPROMPT" ]]
  then
      GIT_PROMPT_ONLY_IN_REPO=1
      source "$_GITPROMPT"
  fi
  unset _GITPROMPT