wsl.conf vs .wslconfig: What’s the Difference and Why Both Matter
My WSL overview begins with a look at its main configurations. These files provide the big picture of what WSL can do and how to control its behavior, both for the overall WSL environment and for individual Linux instances.
Throughout this text, I will use the term instance to distinguish between two related concepts. A distribution is an archive containing the rootfs of the operating system being installed. An instance is a system that has been installed from a distribution and is ready to run (or already running).