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WSL gives you a full Linux distro. You can use Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, from the top of my head. These are default options. There are others available. Additiona
by greggyb 6y ago
WSL gives you a full Linux distro. You can use Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, from the top of my head. These are default options. There are others available. Additionally, you can bootstrap to other distros. I know Arch was an early target.
WSL1 replaced the init process. For Ubuntu, at least, snaps were not enabled, at least out of the box. There were occasional issues early on where the syscall translation was not perfect. For me, at least, these were all ironed out after a few revisions. Unsure if there were still edges I didn't hit.
WSL2 takes advantage of virtualization technology, so should be an even better Linux experience.
- texasbigdata 6y agoThere were 4 "standard" distros in the Microsoft store IIRC
- greggyb 6y agoJust double checked in a Windows VM. These are available when searching WSL in the Microsoft Store. Some of these are for a fee. There are also a few results for terminal emulators and an X server. - Ubuntu (18.04 and 20.04) - Kali - Debian - Fedora (remix for WSL) - openSUSE-Leap-15 - SUSE Linux Enterprise - Alpine - Pengwin (Debian-based and apparently optimized for WSL, and an enterprise version) - Centos (7 and 8.1) -