# WSL(2)

WSL lets you install Linux terminal and run it within Windows. It's not 100% identical to running a dedicated Linux box, but it's super iseful and helpful for day-to-day tasks when in Windows and doens't require a VM. I run Ubuntu and Debian.

## Set up Ubuntu

The [WSL Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about) will contain the latest set up and isntall steps to get Ubuntu on your machine. Personal to me I like to set up the following:

* Git
  * `git config --global user.name = "Me"`
  * `git config --global user.email = "me@example.org"`
  * New SSH key: `ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "me@example.org"`
* Oh-my-zsh
  * Install zsh
  * Install oh-my-zsh
  * [zsh autosuggestions](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions)
  * [zsh-syntax-highlighting](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting)
  * [Powershell 10k (zsh)](https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k)
* rbenv
  * [Install](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv#installation)
  * `rbenv install -l` (list lasted ruby versions)
  * `rbenv global 3.1.1`
* tfenv
  * [Install](https://github.com/tfutils/tfenv#installation)
  * `sudo apt install unzip`
  * `tfenv install 1.1.8`
  * `tfenv use 1.1.8`

## Notify-Send replacement

notify-send is a little tool to send a notification from your terminal. Stuart Leeks has written a [tool](https://github.com/stuartleeks/wsl-notify-send) to get this working in WSL2 and sending a notification to the Windows Toast notification.

Handy for long-running processes, when I want to know if they're finished, e.g.:

`terraform apply --auto-approve; notify-send "Terraform apply complete"`

## Links

* [WSL Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about)
* [New SSH key - add to SSH agent](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent)
* [Oh-mh-zsh](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh)
* [rbenv Digital Ocean guide](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-with-rbenv-on-ubuntu-20-04)