WSL2 settings

.wslconfig (%USERPROFILE%)

[wsl2]
firewall = true

[wsl2]
vmIdleTimeout = 25000

[experimental]
autoMemoryReclaim = dropcache

Make /etc/resolv.conf changes permanent in WSL2 distro

sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
sudo bash -c 'echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf'
sudo bash -c 'echo "[network]" > /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo bash -c 'echo "generateResolvConf = false" >> /etc/wsl.conf'
sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

Inside WSL2 (/etc/wsl.conf)

[boot]
systemd = true

[automount]
enabled = true

[interop]
enabled = true
appendWindowsPath = true

[network]
generateResolvConf = false

Common WSL2 dependencies

gcc g++ git tldr curl nala btm ps htop build-essential apt-transport-https wget ca-certificates zip unzip tree locate gnupg2 gpg inxi binfmt-support clang clangd llvm

Python Dependencies

liblzma-dev lzma-dev liblz-dev zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libsqlite3-dev libbz2-dev

Micromamba

https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/micromamba-installation.html

Debian Bookworm Mirrors

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie contrib main non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates contrib main non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-proposed-updates contrib main non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-backports contrib main non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-backports-sloppy contrib main non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security contrib main non-free

Ubuntu repo config

Types: deb
URIs: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Suites: noble noble-updates noble-backports noble-security noble-proposed
Components: main universe restricted multiverse
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg

Types: deb
URIs: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
Suites: noble-security noble noble-updates noble-backports noble-proposed
Components: main universe restricted multiverse
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg

Bash Aliases

# Package Management aliases.
alias udg="sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"
alias ud="sudo apt-get update"
alias ug="sudo apt-get upgrade"
alias dg="sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"
alias cache="sudo apt-get clean"
alias get="sudo apt-get install"
alias yget="sudo apt-get install -y"
alias sget="sudo apt-get install --install-suggests"
alias syget="sudo apt-get install --install-suggests -y"
alias del="sudo apt-get remove"
alias fdel="sudo apt-get remove --purge --autoremove"
alias arem="sudo apt-get autoremove"
alias search="apt-cache search"
alias di="sudo dpkg -i"
alias bi="sudo apt-get --fix-broken install"
alias alt="sudo update-alternatives --config "
alias lssrc="ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d"
alias cdsrc="cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d"
alias srcs="sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources"
alias csrc="sudo cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources"

# Systemctl aliases.
alias ver="cat /etc/debian_version"
alias off="sudo systemctl poweroff"
alias boot="sudo systemctl reboot"
alias sus="sudo systemctl suspend"
alias sstop="sudo systemctl stop"
alias srun="sudo systemctl start"
alias sstat="sudo systemctl status"
alias srest="sudo systemctl restart"
alias son="sudo systemctl enable"
alias soff="sudo systemctl disable"

# Python aliases.
alias python3=python
alias pip3=pip

# Bash Config Aliases.
alias brc="nano ~/.bashrc"
alias barc="nano ~/.bash_aliases"
alias carc="cat ~/.bash_aliases"
alias pro="nano ~/.profile"
# Make Hist file values in brc to -1 for unlimited history.
alias past="nano ~/.bash_history"
alias q="exit"

# Misc aliases.
alias kver="uname -a"
alias sv="sudo visudo"
alias pd="passwd"
alias spd="sudo passwd"
alias shf="ls -ld .?*"
alias size1="du -h -s"
alias size2="du -h -s .*"

# Basic Aliases
alias cls="clear"
alias wi="whereis"
alias wh="which"
alias shell="exec $SHELL -l"
alias rem="sudo rm -rf"
alias sun="sudo nano"

# GRUB
alias ngrub="sudo nano /etc/default/grub"
alias ugrub="sudo update-grub"
alias cgrub="cat /etc/default/grub"

# Customisations
alias cdf="cd /usr/share/fonts"
alias cdft="cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/"
alias lsft="ls /usr/share/fonts/truetype/"
alias cdfo="cd /usr/share/fonts/opentype/"
alias lsfo="ls /usr/share/fonts/opentype/"
alias fcache="sudo fc-cache -f -r -s"
alias cdthm="cd /usr/share/themes"
alias cdico="cd /usr/share/icons"
alias lsthm="ls /usr/share/themes"
alias lsico="ls /usr/share/icons"