Fedora 42 Aims To Enhance The Windows Subsystem For Linux Experience

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Fedora 42 Aims To Enhance The Windows Subsystem For Linux Experience

A new feature proposal seeks to improve the Fedora Linux experience when running under Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 11...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-42-WSL-Image-Proposal

[mirmirmir]

Sooo, not official windows store?

[ehansin]

Right now I am down to Windows just at work, which I need to have. I have not yet installed WSL on it but plan to at some point. Likely will go with the 2.4.4 (or higher) pre-release if I do for before that series released as latest. From what I have read here and elsewhere, sounds like recent changes beneficial to make easier for distros to package, etc. For my own home usage, booting mostly into Linux (dual-boot setup with macOS) these days. Not sure what I am looking to say, but would be nice to have this on that work Windows box. I do feel like this can be a pathway for others to get Linux exposure that may lead eventually to booting Linux "bare-metal".

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

Excellent. I was hoping this was coming after the RHEL for WSL announcement. A direct offering from the Microsoft Store (yes that's what it's called now) would great for visibility and so that you could do a command line only install via winget, but this is a nice first step.

[arslivinski]

Super happy to see this! Although I like Linux, many third-party apps have subpar experience when running on Linux, like Slack, Discord..., or don't have a Linux version at all.
So, for me, working as a web developer, having the Windows GUI + Linux power with WSL makes a great combo! Just like using macOS, but without awful usability. And being a Fedora user on bare metal, having the same distro on WSL will be super nice.

[Sonadow]

Just put it in the damn Windows Store already so I can simply run wsl.exe --list --online and wsl.exe --install -d <name>

[emblemparade]

Just put it in the damn Windows Store already so I can simply run wsl.exe --list --online and wsl.exe --install -d <name>

That is the goal for the change proposal.

[cynic]

what about focusing improving the experience for the Fedora users running Fedora instead?

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

what about focusing improving the experience for the Fedora users running Fedora instead?

Are there specifics that you'd like to see them focus on?

[cynic]

Are there specifics that you'd like to see them focus on?

anything specific actually: I've been using Fedora since core 6 and I'm happy with it.

however I'd prefer that the few resources available were focused on Fedora users rather than Windows users.