In WSLv2 there is a way to limit the resources of your linux distro (cpu/memory) to have a better performance on you win10.
To give you an example, this is how it starts on my HP-G5
~$ free -m
total used free shared buffcache available
Mem: 12659 68 12555 0 34 12425
Swap: 4096 0 4096
~$ grep -Ec proc /proc/cpuinfo
8
8 CPU threads, 12G
wslconfig
To define your specs, open cmd and change to your user profile directory
~> cd %UserProfile%
Verify that your WSL distros are stopped:
~> wsl.exe -l -v
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This article will show how to install Arch Linux in Windows 10 under Windows Subsystem for Linux.
WSL
Prerequisite is to have enabled WSL on your Win10 and already reboot your machine.
You can enable WSL :
- Windows Settings
- Apps
- Apps & features
- Related settings -> Programs and Features (bottom)
- Turn Windows features on or off (left)
Store
After rebooting your Win10, you can use Microsoft Store to install a Linux distribution like Ubuntu. Archlinux is not an official supported linux distribution thus this guide !
Launcher
The easiest way to install Archlinux (or any Linux distro) is to download the
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