About to upgrade my wfh machine. Is moving WSL2 environment as simple as export from old > import on new? Also considering move to docker.

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  • distrobox

    Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

    • And for container management my recommendation is Podman in WSL2, possibly using via Distrobox. Yes.

  • podman-desktop-companion

    Podman desktop companion

    • Docker in WSL2 too works but with Podman the environment setup may be a little more flexible depending on what you want to achieve on what distro etc. In any case you can use the cross-platform Podman Desktop Companion app to manage your containers via a GUI.

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  • distribution-spec

    OCI Distribution Specification

    • If you'll be also using it with the other OCI-compliant container runtimes like Docker & Podman, then yes, wsl --exportthen wsl --import is what you want.

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