I’m currently running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS which I installed from Microsoft Store after installing WSL on Windows 10. WSL comes into its own for SharePoint Framework (SFPx) development, which uses an open source technology stack, where developing in WSL2 Linux containers hugely improves the performance of installing and building solutions over using the Windows filesystem. Well yes, but what the really nice thing about WSL2 is, how the WSL2 Linux containers can be interacted with from the Window OS, allowing you to do things like, launching Visual Studio code installed in Windows from within the Linux container or opening the Linux file system in File Explorer in Windows, making for seamless switching and really blurring the lines between the two operating systems. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 gives developers the ability to run Linux containers, benefiting from the improved filesystem performance, from within Windows.īut wait, doesn’t Docker already do that?

This post documents my setup for open source and SharePoint Framework development, why I use certain components and the configuration steps I took. As a Mac user, I have benefitted from years of developer workflow improvements and enhancements at the command line but now I can bring those into Windows.

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 has really changed the game when it comes to open source development on Windows. My WSL2 and Windows Terminal setup 20 December 2020

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