wsl.md

WSL

Install

Open PowerShell and type wsl --install

Access WSL files from Explorer

Navigate to \\wsl$

Windows Terminal

Download Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store.

Disable alt+space menu

1. Press Ctl+, to open Settings.
2. In the bottom left, click Open JSON file.
3. In the actions section, add the following object:

{
    "command": "unbound",
    "keys": "alt+space"
}

Potential issues

In Zsh, you may get a message like: manpath: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct

If so, run

sudo locale-gen "en_US.UTF-8"
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

Then run exec zsh to test that it worked.