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yonatanh20 / README.md
Last active December 9, 2025 09:17
Enabling SocketCAN on WSL2 walkthrough

#Enabling SocketCAN on WSL2 Preface: this walkthrough is a hand-holdy step by step tutorial to enable SocketCan on your WSL2 instance (Ubuntu 20.04).

To enable SocketCAN's can-utils on WSL we need to enable the CAN interface module in the WSL, to do so requires a re-building of the WSL kernel.

Requirements:

@kentwait
kentwait / mount_vbox_shared_boot.md
Last active October 23, 2025 12:02
Mount VirtualBox shared folder on boot using fstab

How to mount a VirtualBox shared folder when the Guest OS boots

Problem

While using VirtualBox's Guest Additions to mount shared folders provides a seamless way to mount shared folders, there are also disadvantages.

  • Shared folders will always mount in /media/sf_(share name) unless specified using through vbox drivers in the guest OS
  • Mounting does not happen at boot-time. Applications that require paths at boot will not be able to access the shared folder even after it is mounted - such as Docker.

Solution

Instead of relying on Guest Additions, if you have sudo permissions, shared folders can be mounted at boot-time using fstab. Using this approach allows