wsl

Sometimes we all get stuck on a windows machine. Luckily, since the March 2018 Update, Windows Subsystem for Linux has grown into a surprisingly superior alternative to the likes of cygwin for your basic terminal needs.

First Thing’s First
Windows 10 is a clusterfuck of bloatware, ads and tracking. Remove as much as you can before you begin (why haven’t you done this already?)

This guide is updated regularly: https://github.com/adolfintel/Windows10-Privacy

Debian WSL Install
1. Install WSL - Open PowerShell as Administrator

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-debian-gnulinux -OutFile Ubuntu.appx -UseBasicParsing

WSL Terminal

Barebones

wsltty is the terminal for WSL if you can deal with no tabs.

Use choco install wsltty or download from https://github.com/mintty/wsltty/releases

Installing xfce4-terminal is left as an exercise for the reader.

Eyecandy

Hyper is an electron-based terminal for win, macos and linux. Not the slowest and uses less than 200MB memory with 5 tabs open.

choco install hyper or download from https://releases.hyper.is/download/win

• Hyper settings:
  

      shell: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe',
      fontFamily: 'Menlo, Monaco, Inconsolata, monospace',
      bell: 'false',
      plugins: [
      'hyper-materialshell',
      'hyper-tab-icons',
      'hyperline',
      'hyperpower',
      'hyperborder',
      'hyper-tabs-enhanced'],

  
  
• Add to end of ~/.bashrc:
  

      bash -c zsh
      case $- in # don't do anything if not running interactively

  
  
  

Debian WSL Setup
1. Check for updates

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get -y install zsh neovim tmux htop gnupg mlocate zip unzip rsync watch sed gawk grep jq git lolcat screenfetch curl wget nmap tcpdump netcat dnsutils ssh python3-dev

zsh
git clone --recursive https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto.git "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zprezto"
setopt EXTENDED_GLOB
for rcfile in "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}"/.zprezto/runcoms/^README.md(.N); do
  ln -s "$rcfile" "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.${rcfile:t}"
done
chsh -s /bin/zsh

alias clip='clip.exe' # clipboard support

autoload -Uz promptinit
promptinit
prompt smiley
screenfetch

sudo apt install apt-transport-https
wget -O - https://api.patrickwu.ml/public.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://apt.patrickwu.ml/ stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list 
sudo apt update
sudo apt install wslu

export DISPLAY=:0.0
export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows":"C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\bash.exe",
"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Menlo",
"workbench.panel.location": "bottom"

References
* .zshrc - Raw
* Menlo Font - Download
* Start\stop VcXsrv automagically - Reddit
* Replace windows shell entirely - Github
* Kali WSL - Windows Store
* WSL System Calls - MSDN Blogs