GitHub Copilot Customization Explained for Beginners: Instructions, Prompt Files, Skills, Agents, and Hooks Introduction If you've recently started using GitHub Copilot, you've probably come across terms like Instructions , Prompt Files , Skills , Agents , and Hooks . At first glance, they all seem to do the same thing—they tell Copilot what to do. So why does GitHub have five different customization features? The answer is simple: each feature solves a different problem. Think of GitHub Copilot as a new developer joining your team. On their first day, you don't just hand them code. You explain your coding standards, give them reusable templates, teach them specialized knowledge, assign them a role, and automate repetitive tasks. That's exactly how GitHub Copilot customization works. In this article, you'll learn what each feature does, when to use it, and how they all work together. By the end, you'll know which feature to start with and which ones can wait un...
WSL2: Linux on Windows
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 is no longer just for insiders, you can install WSL2 today with Windows 10, Version 2004, Build 19041 or higher. The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run a Linux environment on Windows like command-line tools, utilities, and applications directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual boot setup.
WSL 2 provides improvements to file system sharing, boot time and allows access to some cool new features for Docker Desktop users. With Docker Desktop running on WSL 2, users can leverage Linux workspaces and avoid having to maintain both Linux and Windows build scripts. In short, now we can have a Linux development environment on Windows.
Step 1: Update Windows 10 to version 2004 or higher
To use WSL2, Windows 10 has to be updated to version 2004 (Build 10941) or higher. Once installed or updated check your Windows version by opening the “Run” dialog (Windows key + R) and enter winver.
Step 2: Turn Windows features on
Once the system restarted from step 1, navigate to the control panel -- Turn Windows features on or off. Then Enable both ‘Virtual Machine Platform’ and ‘Windows Subsystem for Linux’. Restart your computer.
After the restart of the system if Docker is already installed on windows it pops up with below window to "Enable WSL 2"
As part of Enable WSL 2, you need to install WSL 2 Linux kernel from here. Now if we go Docker, Settings - General ‘Use the WSL 2 base engine’ will be selected.
Step 3: Installing a Linux distribution
Once the system restarted from step 2, navigate to the Microsoft Store and install Linux distribution. I am going with Ubuntu.
Once the Linux distribution has been installed, You will be asked to create a username and password when you launch Linux for the first time, these need not be your windows system you can choose new username and password.
you can exit from the above window by typing exit and clicking enter.
Step 4: WSL1 to WSL2
Open Command prompt or Windows Powershell and check the version of WSL by using the command wsl -l -v. If the version is 2 all good to go else we need to set version to 2 as shown below
If you want to make WSL 2 your default architecture you can do so with below command
wsl --set-default-version 2
What apps I can run in WSL2?
With WSL2 you can run things like Docker, Kubernetes, etc. WSL2 works with Visual Studio Code as well. Now you can run .NET core console and web apps in WSL2 and debug directly from Visual Studio 2019
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