WSL experiences
My experience setting up Windows Sub system for Linux v.2, inc installing programs and getting snap to work.
Wsl
WSL
Why?
Many of the better CLI tools, such as Babun, seem to be stopping development.
WSL has now reached version 2 that is far more performant than the first version. It generally gets good reviews from all around.
Linux and Windows
Note that Windows “does not know about” the Linux file system, but Linux can access all the files in Windows. By default Windows file system is mounted in Linux at /mnt/c/. I recommand to create a symlink (shortcut) of Documents and Downloads, the most used Windows folders, in Linux home directory. That way, the access to data is simplified. ubuntu-on-windows-wsl
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