Win10 tools and settings for work with Ubuntu

I spent a last few years working in Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Now I have a new computer and will do the setup with Win10 and WSL2.

WSL settings and setup

Turn Windows features on or off:

  • Telnet client
  • Virtual Machine Platform
  • Windows subsystem for linux

Powershell:

wsl --set-default-version 2

Tools and apps

  • Ubuntu – install from windows appstore
  • Windows terminal – install from windows appstore
  • Docker desktop – needed for running docker in linux subsystem
  • Dbeaver.io – for accessing databases
  • Visual Studio Code

Ubuntu settings

ssh key

windows terminal -> settings -> starting directory /mnt/d/

Trouble with accessing D: drive as a regular user
create or edit file /etc/wsl.conf and change default username to yours:

[user]
default=roman

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