Preferred Settings for WSL2

.wslconfig

# %USERPROFILE%\.wslconfig
# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl-config

[wsl2]
# If the value is mirrored then this turns on mirrored networking mode. Default or unrecognized strings result in NAT networking.
networkingMode=mirrored

# Only applicable when experimental.networkingMode is set to mirrored. When set to True, will allow the Container to connect to 
# the Host, or the Host to connect to the Container, by an IP address that's assigned to the Host. Note that the 127.0.0.1 
# loopback address can always be used - this option allows for all additionally assigned local IP addresses to be used as well.
hostAddressLoopback=true

# 50% of total memory on Windows or 8GB, whichever is less; on builds before 20175: 80% of your total memory on Windows
#memory=48GB 
# How many logical processors to assign to the WSL 2 VM., Default is equal to system logical processor count
#processors=20

# How much swap space to add to the WSL 2 VM, 0 for no swap file. Swap storage is disk-based RAM used when memory demand exceeds 
# limit on hardware device.
# 25% of memory size on Windows rounded up to the nearest GB
#swap=

[experimental]
# Automatically releases cached memory after detecting idle CPU usage. Set to gradual for slow release, and dropcache for instant 
# release of cached memory.
autoMemoryReclaim=dropcache

# When set to true, any newly created VHD will be set to sparse automatically.
sparseVhd=true