/tags/wsl/ Recent content in wsl on Robert Rumpf Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:22:47 +0200 /posts/2021/06/improve-wsl2-ressource-management-for-windows/ Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:22:47 +0200 /posts/2021/06/improve-wsl2-ressource-management-for-windows/ Shutdown your running wsl. wsl --shutdown Going to c:\users*your your profile name* and creating a .wslconfig file or do it via powershell ;-) notepad "$env:USERPROFILE/.wslconfig" [wsl2] memory=4GB # Limits VM memory in WSL 2 to 4 GB processors=5 # Makes the WSL 2 VM use two virtual processors swap=0 localhostForwarding=true After that start Powershell with admin permissions, restart WSL2 by typing: Restart-Service LxssManager Drop Cache variable for WSL create this alias at the end of your ~/.