I need a few basic bash commands, so I have WSL installed (Ubuntu 18.04).
With cygwin everything I need takes about 150MB. But WSL takes over 1GB !! Not good for my small SSD.
I'm sure there's loads of stuff/junk in there that isn't necessary (or even possible to use). Has anyone managed to reduce the size?
I did sudo apt autoremove but that doesn't help at all (obviously).
UPDATE
The answers below are super, but the above question remains unanswered. Suppose that WSL is being used (for various bash commands) - that is the premise, not wine/cygwin/vm/dualboot/docker/etc.
How would you strip it of stuff that can't be used within Windows anyway? I've read that there is all sorts of dead weight in there that can't be used. For example, if all you need is a collection of bash commands, how do you remove all the GUI and X stuff. Just as an example.
UPDATE2
I accepted one of the good answers below, but it doesn't fully answer the question. I hope in time someone will add to this discussion. I was hoping someone had a list of stuff that can be removed. I know how to remove stuff, what I don't know is what to remove.