Windows Subsytem for Linux

a year ago by Adam Cooper — 2 min read

Pimp my WSL

How to jazz up your WSL shell with fish and oh-my-fish.

Start on the right path

Adam Cooper — 2 min read

How to specify the startup path of your WSL distribution when launching from Powershell or Windows Terminal

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Running docker desktop with the new WSL 2 backend

Adam Cooper — 5 min read

Running Docker on Windows has been easy for a long time, but it has always needed to run inside a Hyper-V virtual machine. Thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 though it's now possible to run docker in a WSL distribution and avoid the need for Hyper-V altogether.

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