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WSL 2 Setup for Development

Here are a few notes, snippets, and links to my current Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) setup for development.

Most of our current work is Drupal 8, Node.js, and React. I'd previously tried setting up all of our development tools under the first version of WSL, but as has been fairly well documented elsewhere, file I/O performance was a roadblock - in particular for Drupal 8 which can be filesystem I/O intensive during development.

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How to Create a Truly Portable Ubuntu Installation on an External USB HDD or SSD

Update: 17-08-2020 - a few people have asked which NVMe external enclosure I'm using in the photo above. I was using a the 'Plugable Tool-Free NVMe' enclosure, but started to have difficulties with the Realtek RTL9210 controller and/or their USB cables. I was having difficulty removing all partitions from the drive under Ubuntu using GParted - with GParted freezing on device re-scan.

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Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology Application Service Preventing Windows from Sleeping

Here's a public service announcement for those of you fighting to a) prevent the Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology application from popping up after every login, and b) prevent the Intel(R) Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Technology Application Service from waking your computer from sleep mode.

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