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Keeping System Clean: Crash Dumps and Orphaned SWAPs

I have already written about configuring crash dumps and swap files in my reviews of the .wslconfig configuration file and I would like to highlight them from a different perspective. Using WSL, like any other system, involves not only installation and configuration, but also maintenance. For example, archiving and rotating logs in Linux helps conserve disk space to prevent it from becoming overloaded with data. WSL also requires some attention for maintenance.

WSL Reference

Although I had long anticipated the release of Ubuntu Pro for WSL, I kept postponing its review and have only recently begun testing and preparing materials. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been focused on refining the WSL configurations published in the separate wsl-configs repository, embedding configuration code blocks and their full versions into site pages, and developing the reference section.

Installing Ubuntu 26.04 on WSL

Last night, Canonical released the first snapshot of its upcoming operating system, codenamed Resolute Raccoon. The list of available distributions in the WSL project's repository traditionally includes only stable, long-term supported versions of Ubuntu. 26.04 will be an LTS, and it will be added to the list in April next year, after the official release.

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WSL Network Settings: Part 1

The network is the largest part of the .wslconfig configuration in terms of the number of parameters, so I decided to split the topic into several parts. In this part, I will review the main settings, and in the next, the additional and experimental ones.