“You can use any Linux distribution inside of the Windows Subsystem for Linux” Microsoft recently reminded Windows users, “even if it is not available in the Microsoft Store, by importing it with a tar file.”
But being an official distro “makes it easier for Windows Subsystem for Linux users to install and discover it with actions like wsl –list –online and wsl –install,” Microsoft pointed out this week. And “We’re excited to announce that Red Hat will soon be delivering a Red Hat Enterprise Linux WSL distro image in the coming months…”
Thank you to the Red Hat team as their feedback has been invaluable as we built out this new architecture, and we’re looking forwards to the release…! Ron Pacheco, senior director, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ecosystem, Red Hat says:
“Developers have their preferred platforms for developing applications for multiple operating systems, and WSL is an important platform for