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Windows Subsystem for Linux

How to install WSL2?

winget does not support it, run as follows

How to open current directory in WSL2 with Windows Explorer?

In WSL shell

explorer.exe .

How to move on Windows folder from WSL2?

z "$(wslpath 'G:\GoogleDrive')"

Login shell has been broken in WSL2

wsl --user root

Setup NixOS on WSL2

Use NixOS.
You should remember that does not have /etc/nixos/hardware-configuration.nix and the default username is nixos.

wsl.exe --install --no-distribution
curl -OL "https://github.com/nix-community/NixOS-WSL/archive/refs/heads/release-26.05.tar.gz"
wsl.exe --import NixOS $env:USERPROFILE\NixOS\ nixos-wsl.tar.gz
wsl.exe --distribution "NixOS"
sudo nix-channel --update

Setup Ubuntu on WSL2

wsl.exe --install "Ubuntu-26.04"
wsl.exe --distribution "Ubuntu-26.04"

Setup nix and activate home-manager as written in README with user@wsl-ubuntu

Disable cgroup v1 as putting .wslconfig and restart for setting up podman

winit-conf.exe generate -path=windows/WSL/.wslconfig  > %UserProfile%\.wslconfig
wsl.exe --shutdown