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Added a notice about that, as I recommend using a fresh Windows install for a very specific purpose, not anything you are currently running or even necessarily
by gjsman-1000 4y ago
Added a notice about that, as I recommend using a fresh Windows install for a very specific purpose, not anything you are currently running or even necessarily a home system (as the context about it being a new setup would hopefully indicate).
Though, to be fair, I did write originally "After running the command, you will just have the Windows folders, Microsoft Edge, and Settings. And that’s literally it – no Microsoft Store, no Apps, just Windows and a Web Browser." (WSL2 obviously included if you think about it...)
- Dylan16807 4y ago> (WSL2 obviously included if you think about it...) It's not "obviously" included. WSL doesn't have any particular reason to need the store, and there used to be a version that didn't need the store. I don't know why you would expect people to know exactly what happens. It's not like all the other random console commands get removed.
- prmoustache 4y agoAFAIK WSL doesn't need the store. Preconfigured WSL Linux images are distributed through it but that's it. Since I wasn't a fan of ubuntu, I exported a fedora docker image as tar file and imported it with wsl --import on my company's windows laptop. This is documented in numerous blogs and on the microsoft documentation website. Having said that, I still haven't found any good incentive to use WSL over say, a Linux VM. It is not like the integration is so much better done, I'd rather hide the terrible windows UI and use an X11 or wayland window manager in full screen.