DISTRO.MD

Install a Distribution

• Microsoft Store:

  • Alpine WSL

    • Source code

  • Debian GNU/Linux

    • Source code

  • Fedora Remix for WSL

    • Source code

  • Kali Linux

  • openSUSE Leap 15.1

  • Pengwin

    • Source code

  • Pengwin Enterprise

    • Source code

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1

  • Ubuntu (points to the latest LTS release)

    • Additional information

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)

    • Source code

  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic)

    • Source code

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal)

    • Source code

• GitHub (installation instructions here):

  • Alpine WSL + Git-LFS + Sphinx

  • Amazon Linux 2

  • Arch Linux

  • Artix Linux

  • CentOS

  • Clear Linux

  • Fedora

  • Red Hat (UBI)

  • Void Linux (glibc)

  • Void Linux (musl-libc)

Note: WSL distributions found on GitHub are not guaranteed to be compatible with WSL2. Support for the new kernel is at various stages of development depending on the distribution.

It is recommended to update and upgrade packages before proceeding further.

Raft WSL

Raft WSL is an application that allows you to manage your various distros, create restore points, and adjust the default WSL configuration. It can be useful if you want to save your distribution configuration before attempting something risky: you can always restore from a previous backup.

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