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> Arch and Fedora can't come to WSL2 soon enough. Arch already has an official WSL distro. Though you are still at the mercy of the WSL2 kernel which is always

> Arch and Fedora can't come to WSL2 soon enough. Arch already has an official WSL distro. Though you are still at the mercy of the WSL2 kernel which is always a bit behind (currently 6.12)

pdimitar 8mo ago
Does it? Just last night ran wsl with `--list --online`. Is there another way to do it that would show Arch?
- NekkoDroid 8mo ago
  I get the following when I use `--list --online`: The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed. Install using 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>'. NAME FRIENDLY NAME Ubuntu Ubuntu Ubuntu-24.04 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openSUSE-Tumbleweed openSUSE Tumbleweed openSUSE-Leap-16.0 openSUSE Leap 16.0 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-16.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kali-linux Kali Linux Rolling Debian Debian GNU/Linux AlmaLinux-8 AlmaLinux OS 8 AlmaLinux-9 AlmaLinux OS 9 AlmaLinux-Kitten-10 AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 AlmaLinux-10 AlmaLinux OS 10 archlinux Arch Linux # Arch found here FedoraLinux-43 Fedora Linux 43 FedoraLinux-42 Fedora Linux 42 eLxr eLxr 12.12.0.0 GNU/Linux Ubuntu-20.04 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu-22.04 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS OracleLinux_7_9 Oracle Linux 7.9 OracleLinux_8_10 Oracle Linux 8.10 OracleLinux_9_5 Oracle Linux 9.5 openSUSE-Leap-15.6 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 Ontop of that I also use it as my main distro for WSL2 for a few months (before I used the unofficial one). The bug tracker for WSL specific issues is also here: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archlinux-wsl https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archlinux-wsl
  - pdimitar 8mo ago
    Thanks. I see much less. I am on Win10 though, are you on Win11? I have come homework to do, it seems. I have no idea why I see like 3x less distros. And huge shame if that comes with Linux 6.12 kernel. I might as well just bump Debian to unstable and work there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    - NekkoDroid 8mo ago
      > are you on Win11? Yes I am, though I am surprised that it possibly has a different distro list for Win 10 vs Win 11. > And huge shame if that comes with Linux 6.12 kernel. I actually lied, its 6.6 that is currently shipped. I have no concrete information but considering the previous kernel was 6.1 it is about time that the kernel gets an update to a newer version.

> Arch and Fedora can't come to WSL2 soon enough. Arch already has an official WSL distro. Though you are still at the mercy of the WSL2 kernel which is always a bit behind (currently 6.12)

pdimitar 8mo ago

Does it? Just last night ran wsl with `--list --online`. Is there another way to do it that would show Arch?

NekkoDroid 8mo ago
I get the following when I use `--list --online`: The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed. Install using 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>'. NAME FRIENDLY NAME Ubuntu Ubuntu Ubuntu-24.04 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS openSUSE-Tumbleweed openSUSE Tumbleweed openSUSE-Leap-16.0 openSUSE Leap 16.0 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-16.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kali-linux Kali Linux Rolling Debian Debian GNU/Linux AlmaLinux-8 AlmaLinux OS 8 AlmaLinux-9 AlmaLinux OS 9 AlmaLinux-Kitten-10 AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 AlmaLinux-10 AlmaLinux OS 10 archlinux Arch Linux # Arch found here FedoraLinux-43 Fedora Linux 43 FedoraLinux-42 Fedora Linux 42 eLxr eLxr 12.12.0.0 GNU/Linux Ubuntu-20.04 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Ubuntu-22.04 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS OracleLinux_7_9 Oracle Linux 7.9 OracleLinux_8_10 Oracle Linux 8.10 OracleLinux_9_5 Oracle Linux 9.5 openSUSE-Leap-15.6 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 Ontop of that I also use it as my main distro for WSL2 for a few months (before I used the unofficial one). The bug tracker for WSL specific issues is also here: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archlinux-wsl https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/archlinux-wsl
- pdimitar 8mo ago
  Thanks. I see much less. I am on Win10 though, are you on Win11? I have come homework to do, it seems. I have no idea why I see like 3x less distros. And huge shame if that comes with Linux 6.12 kernel. I might as well just bump Debian to unstable and work there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  - NekkoDroid 8mo ago
    > are you on Win11? Yes I am, though I am surprised that it possibly has a different distro list for Win 10 vs Win 11. > And huge shame if that comes with Linux 6.12 kernel. I actually lied, its 6.6 that is currently shipped. I have no concrete information but considering the previous kernel was 6.1 it is about time that the kernel gets an update to a newer version.