Developing for Linux on Windows with WSL

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Demonstrates that WSL runs full Linux distros (Ubuntu, openSUSE, Oracle Linux) side‑by‑side with Windows, supports containers (Docker or podman), and even GUI apps like GIMP; shows commands such as WSL --install and WSL --list -v, and runs podman images to prove containers work. Visual Studio Code opens with code . launches VS Code connected to WSL and a VS Code server runs inside the distro. Notes: distro VMs start fast, use ≈2GB, show 24 CPUs, and accessing files over Mount C is slower—develop on the Linux filesystem for best performance.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:39Terminal and console history
3. 3:56Understanding terminal hosts
4. 7:33Configuring modern terminals
5. 15:32Introduction to WSL
6. 21:41Managing Linux environments
7. 29:31Integration and workflows
8. 34:29Development with VS Code
9. 38:41Containers and wrap-up

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