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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.

  1. Keywords and definitions
  2. What is WSL?
  3. Why WSL and Problem it solves?
  4. The architecture of WSL v1
  5. Downsides of WSL v1.
  6. What is WSL 2?
  7. Architecture of WSL2
  8. Features
  9. File System
  10. WSL 1 vs WSL 2 vs Linux VM
  11. Future Road map
  12. Downloading, Installation and Setup
  13. Ways to run WSL
  14. Managing Distributions
  15. Windows-Linux Interoperability
  16. File access, Edit, move, copy
  17. Code editors
  18. Source control in WSL
  19. Package Managers
  20. Networking.
  21. Run a Linux Desktop Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux
  22. Containers in Windows SubSystem for Linux

About the Author

Prateek Singh’s avatar Prateek Singh

@singhprateik

Prateek Singh is an Infrastructure Developer, an avid PowerShell blogger, and a community contributor. In 2017 and 2018, FeedSpot and SQLHack recognized his blog RidiCurious.com as among the “Top 50 PowerShell blogs in the world.” Find his open-sourced at GitHub, and reach out to him on Twitter at @singhprateik.

Prateek has written more than 250 articles on his blog and several other websites such as 4SysOps.com, IPSwitch.com, and TechTarget.com and also runs a YouTube channel. He is a published author of 3 books and contributing author of 2 Book and currently writing the 6th one, following is the complete list:

  • PowerShell Guide to Python
  • PowerShell to C# and back [In Progress]
  • Learn C# in 30 Minutes
  • Learn Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
  • The PowerShell Conference Book
  • PS7Now

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