Projects¶

This section provides a list of development projects and links to instructions on how to use them.

Alpine Linux for WSL¶

Alpine Linux for WSL - a project provides a ready-to-use Alpine Linux distribution for the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Main features¶

• Based on the official Alpine Linux mini root filesystem.
• Designed for WSL 2.
• OpenRC init system with automatic startup.
• cloud-init configured with the WSL data source.
• System logging (dmesg, OpenRC, syslog) with log rotation.
• Built-in task scheduler (cron).

WSL configurations¶

wsl-configs – a repository containing a curated collection of configuration files for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Main configurations¶

• .wslconfig – a fully documented global WSL 2 configuration file.
• wsl.conf – a fully documented per-instance configuration file used by both WSL 1 and WSL 2 instances.
• wsl-distribution.conf – a fully documented per-distribution configuration file.
• distributions.json – a manifest template used to add additional WSL distributions.

Additional configurations¶

• Additional WSL distributions list – an unofficial, ready-to-use registerable manifest with additional WSL distributions.