From 4328f69cbe2fd3bbff6545ec03c79d94717cb935 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Woelke <sebastian.woelke@nacosmarine.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:56:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add basic setup description

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+# Setup ArchLinux in WSL
+
+## Sources
+
+- [arch linux wsl docs](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_on_WSL)
+
+## Setup User
+
+Set root password
+
+```sh
+passwd
+```
+
+Install sudo
+
+```sh
+pacman -Syu
+pacman -S sudo nvim vi nano
+groupadd sudo
+visudo # Uncomment %sudo ...
+```
+
+Create the user
+
+```sh
+useradd -u 1000 -g 1000 -m -s /bin/bash woelke
+usermod -aG sudo woelke
+```
+
+Set a password
+
+```sh
+passwd woelke
+```
+
+Set wsl default user and restart wsl in powershell via `wsl --terminate archlinux`
+
+```sh
+tee -a /etc/wsl.conf <<'EOF'
+
+[user]
+default=woelke
+EOF
+```
+
+## Add Essential Applications
+
+Install and setup yay
+
+```sh
+sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel
+git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
+cd yay
+makepkg -si
+yay -Y --gendb
+```
+
+More essentials
+
+```sh
+yay -S reflector pacman-contrib
+```
+
+Hardware accelerated rendering, Does this work???
+
+```sh
+yay -S mesa vulkan-dzn
+```
+
+## TODOs
+
+arch linux wsl docs
+
+- 2.2 Open URLs in the WSL hosts browser
+- 2.3 Run graphical applications with WSLg