The Windows Subsystem for Linux

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WSL claims to run real Linux userland unmodified on Windows and demonstrates it: Ubuntu 18.04 boots under a Windows NT kernel via LXCore, command wsl.exe drops into a distro, wslconfig lists and sets defaults, and distro.exe names launch specific distros. Tools like GCC, Vim, tmux and Notepad interoperate; files on C: appear under /mnt/c; background processes persist across sessions. Demos compile and run a C++ program, show piping between PowerShell and Linux, and confirm wsl.exe and wslconfig actually work.

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1. 0:00WSL intro and agenda
2. 1:13What is WSL and why
3. 2:59Live WSL basics demo
4. 7:21WSL architecture explained
5. 8:48Installing WSL
6. 11:16Managing WSL distros
7. 13:47WSL and PowerShell scripts
8. 16:01One-click Dev box scripts
9. 18:30Editing code in WSL
10. 23:12WSL daily workflow
11. 23:54Q&A

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