Porting a macOS Clojure dev setup to Windows WSL2

Presented at wslconf.dev 2020

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1. Porting a macOS Clojure dev setup to Windows WSL2 Michiel Borkent @borkdude 2020-09-10
2. About me • Clojure/Script developer for over 10 years • Moved to Mac roughly 10 years ago (cmd.exe, Clojure tooling) • I like the flexibility of laptops, but I also like the power of a desktop
4. https://covid19.doctorevidence.com/
5. A new PC • 128GB memory, 2GB SSD, Ryzen 3950X, NVIDIA graphics • Equivalent Mac Pro machine would 3x more ($3000 vs $9000) • Want to use it as a remote dev machine • But no macOS: now what? • Windows + WSL2 to the rescue?
6. Installing Windows without Windows • Tried bootable USB on macOS without success • Friend with Windows laptop, Rufus • Could MS make this more streamlined for non-Windows users?
7. Basic setup
8. Transferring work dev setup • Needed to copy my zsh scripts and a couple of databases • Wanted to use rsync. • Enabled ssh:
 $ sudo service ssh start • How to enable on boot? Systemd, but wsl should already be running? • Windows firewall doesn't forward and blocks port 22 ...
9. Open/forward ports: #4150 Useful Powershell script in comments:
10. Start wsl / ssh at login
11. All rsynced, dev setup runs! Worth noting: even ClojureScript hot reloading works over remote connection! Tailscale for access outside home
12. Emacs on remote machine In Terminal: git-gutter, flycheck-inline
 Other options: tramp, ssh -X, FUSE/sshfs Fix iTerm2 key bindings: https://joppot.info/en/2017/09/12/4056
13. VSCode + Calva + clj-kondo + SSH extension
14. Reboot after patch Tuesday Configure in group policy, see this article
15. WSL2 executing Windows programs