The latest articles on DEV Community by Brian Russell (@bmrussell). https://dev.to/bmrussell https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F655088%2F3d363116-07ea-42bf-b9b3-65adfa427a26.png https://dev.to/bmrussell en Brian Russell Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:12:03 +0000 https://dev.to/bmrussell/balm-for-wsl2-woes-2hhj https://dev.to/bmrussell/balm-for-wsl2-woes-2hhj <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--VjyoPqhV--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ppp3659swkxntblx8hvs.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--VjyoPqhV--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ppp3659swkxntblx8hvs.png" alt="Alt Text"></a></p> <p>So, I did a <a href="https://github.com/bmrussell/FixWsl2">thing</a> to work around WSL2 networking going to hell in a handcart when connecting to my work VPN.</p> <p>It's not pretty, but works in a pinch when you need to run <code>apt install</code> to grab a quick utility. Linux is just so much better for Getting Stuff Done when you need to hack something up with a bunch of command line tools that someone else has probably already written.</p> <p>Really Microsoft need to sort this as I'd imagine it's a fairly common scenario.</p> <p>How do other devs get round this?</p> <div class="ltag__tag ltag__tag__id__2107"> .ltag__tag__id__2107 .follow-action-button{ background-color: !important; color: !important; border-color: !important; } <div class="ltag__tag__content"> <h2>#<a href="https://dev.to/t/wsl" class="ltag__tag__link">wsl</a> </h2> <div class="ltag__tag__summary"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ltag__tag ltag__tag__id__117"> .ltag__tag__id__117 .follow-action-button{ background-color: !important; color: !important; border-color: !important; } <div class="ltag__tag__content"> <h2>#<a href="https://dev.to/t/windows" class="ltag__tag__link">windows</a> </h2> <div class="ltag__tag__summary"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ltag__tag ltag__tag__id__118"> .ltag__tag__id__118 .follow-action-button{ background-color: #000000 !important; color: #4FF14F !important; border-color: #000000 !important; } <div class="ltag__tag__content"> <h2>#<a href="https://dev.to/t/linux" class="ltag__tag__link">linux</a> </h2> <div class="ltag__tag__summary"> What are clouds made of? Linux servers, mostly. </div> </div> </div> <div class="ltag__tag ltag__tag__id__1112"> .ltag__tag__id__1112 .follow-action-button{ background-color: !important; color: !important; border-color: !important; } <div class="ltag__tag__content"> <h2>#<a href="https://dev.to/t/powershell" class="ltag__tag__link">powershell</a> </h2> <div class="ltag__tag__summary"> </div> </div> </div>