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Awesome list dedicated to Windows Subsystem for Linux
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Overview

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1. Linux

2. Linux Distributions

  • Debian Project - profit SUSE is to provide a stable enterprise platform. There are also Linux distributions based on other distributions. Ubuntu is a distribution based on Debian built by the company Canonical. Kali is a distribution based on Debian built with an emphasis on tools for network security testing. You can see the most popular distributions ranked at DistroWatch.

3. Windows

  • Windows - based and arm64-based PCs. The Windows Subsystem for Linux first shipped in Windows 10 Anniversary Update, version number 1607, in August 2016. WSL can be enabled for free on all versions of Windows 10 after 1607, including Home, Professional, Enterprise, Server, LTSB, and Education. Originally only available for Intel x86-based PCs, Ubuntu 18.04 for arm64 was made available on the Microsoft store in May 2018.

5. WSL2

6. Emulation

  • VirtualBox - implementing Windows system and API calls in libraries.

6. WSLC

7. Details

8. Installation

Related Projects

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  • Bash - Bash is the GNU Project's shell. Bash is the Bourne Again SHell. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh).
  • Cmder - A very nice console emulator built on ConEmu. ![github project][githublogo]
  • PowerShell - PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
  • Windows Services for UNIX - SFU is a discontinued software package produced by Microsoft which provided a Unix environment on Windows NT and some of its immediate successor operating-systems. TechNet documentation.

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  • Cygwin - Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line interface for Microsoft Windows.

Supported Distributions

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Thanks

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Unofficial Distributions

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  • miniwsl - A mini Linux distribution for WSL powered by busybox. ![github project][githublogo]
  • ArchWSL - ArchLinux in WSL. ![github project][githublogo]
  • AlpineWSL - Alpine in WSL. ![github project][githublogo]
  • windows-subsystem-linux-fedora - Fedora in WSL.
  • WSLInstall - Install any GNU/Linux distribution userspace in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with compressed RootFS tarballs, Docker containers, or ISO files. ![github project][githublogo]
  • wsldl - General purpose WSL installer and launcher. ![github project][githublogo]
  • WSL-Distribution-Switcher - Scripts to replace the distribution behind WSL with any other Linux distribution published on Docker Hub. Includes alpine, CentOS, Fedora, Clear, and others. ![github project][githublogo]
  • acme-wsl - Install acme / plan9port on Debian, Ubuntu, or Kali Linux distributions on WSL.
  • RHWSL - Red Hat Universal Base Image as a WSL distro. If you have a Red Hat Subscription, you can register and subscribe the system and use it as RHEL. ![github project][githublogo]
  • FedoraWSL - Fedora as a WSL distro. ![github project][githublogo]
  • AmazonWSL - Amazon Linux as a WSL distro. ![github project][githublogo]
  • GentooWSL - Gentoo as a WSL distro. ![github project][githublogo]
  • DevuanWSL - Devuan Linux as a WSL Distro. Devuan is a Debian variant without the complexities and dependencies of systemd. ![github project][githublogo]
  • ManjaroWSL2 - Manjaro as a WSL2 distro based on wsldl. ![github project][githublogo]
  • WSLackware - Slackware as a WSL distro. ![github project][githublogo]

Using WSL

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