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Keywords, definitions, and problems WSL solve and how it works under the hoods. From download to setup to interoperability this book even covers details like the architecture of Windows subsystem for Linux and new features in WSL 2 with some wonderful use cases.

Keywords and definitions
What is WSL?
Why WSL and Problem it solves?
The architecture of WSL v1
Downsides of WSL v1.
What is WSL 2?
Architecture of WSL2
Features
File System
WSL 1 vs WSL 2 vs Linux VM
Future Road map
Downloading, Installation and Setup
Ways to run WSL
Managing Distributions
Windows-Linux Interoperability
File access, Edit, move, copy
Code editors
Source control in WSL
Package Managers
Networking.
Run a Linux Desktop Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux
Containers in Windows SubSystem for Linux

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