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 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 = "[e-mail]"

  • New SSH key: ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[e-mail]"

• Oh-my-zsh

  • Install zsh

  • Install oh-my-zsh

  • zsh autosuggestions

  • zsh-syntax-highlighting

  • Powershell 10k (zsh)

• rbenv

  • Install

  • rbenv install -l (list lasted ruby versions)

  • rbenv global 3.1.1

• tfenv

  • Install

  • 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 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
• New SSH key - add to SSH agent
• Oh-mh-zsh
• rbenv Digital Ocean guide