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Windows 11 WSL2 DNS and OpenVPN Split Tunnel

On modern Windows 11 + WSL 2, the reliable VPN-friendly DNS path is WSL DNS tunneling. If you want Linux tools inside WSL to follow the same DNS policy as Windows apps, keep /etc/resolv.conf auto-generated and let the Windows DNS Client make the routing and suffix decisions.

This post focuses on the current Windows 11 + WSL 2 model, not the older manual resolv.conf workaround. It also shows how to keep OpenVPN in split-tunnel mode while preserving internal DNS resolution in both Windows and WSL.

Using Pageant with VSCode Remote SSH

While Putty and Pageant are widely used tools for SSH connections, you can also integrate Pageant with VSCode to establish remote SSH connections without administrative privileges. While the default ssh-agent service offers similar functionality, it's disabled by default and requires administrative access to start if disabled, making Pageant a more flexible alternative. Here's how you can set it up:

Process, port, and file usages in Linux

Use lsof, fuser, ss, pgrep, pstree, ps, htop, etc. to find process, port and file usages in Linux.

My Powerline setup and configuration

Setting up WSL

Setting up WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)