Install WSL2

Open the windows terminal

Check version with wsl --version, should be sth. like WSL-Version: 2.2.*.*

List all available distributions with wsl --list --online

Install latest LTS of Ubuntu with version from cmd before e.g. wsl --install Ubuntu-24.04

Create a .wslconfig in your home directory and add the following:

[experimental]
autoMemoryReclaim=gradual

Restart terminal and open ubuntu console, execute these:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Install Docker Desktop

Download and install the latest docker desktop version.

IDE Optimizations

sudo apt install inotify-tools
sudo sh -c "echo \"fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288\" >> /etc/sysctl.conf"
sudo sysctl -p