Memory Reclaim in the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2

Craig LoewenOctober 30, 2019Oct 30, 201910/30/19

We’ve added a new Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) feature in Windows Insider Preview Build 19013: Memory Reclamation for WSL 2! Previously, when the memory needs of the WSL2 Virtual Machine (VM) would grow, either from your workflow or by the Linux kernel, the overall memory allocated to the VM would also grow by allocating more memory ...

Sharing SSH keys between Windows and WSL 2

Burke HollandOctober 22, 2019Oct 22, 201910/22/19

I recently wrote an article for Smashing Magazine that covers how I set up my personal development environment to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 (WSL 2). One of the things that I cover in that article is how to get SSH setup in WSL with Github. I mention in that section that you can share SSH keys between Windows and WSL, but I ...