ArchWSL
ArchLinux based WSL Distribution. Supports multiple install. (by yuk7)
wsl-distrod
Distrod is a meta-distro for WSL 2 which installs Ubuntu, Arch, Debian, Gentoo, etc. with systemd in a minute for you. Distrod also has built-in auto-start feature on Windows startup and port forwarding ability. (by nullpo-head)
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| ArchWSL | wsl-distrod | |
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| 55 | 27 | |
| 6,303 | 1,815 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.7 | 0.0 | |
| 19 days ago | about 1 year ago | |
| Makefile | Rust | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ArchWSL
Posts with mentions or reviews of ArchWSL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-08.
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Arch wsl setupn for basic web development
You can download Arch Linux for WSL from a third-party source like WSL Arch Linux. Follow the instructions on the GitHub page to install it.
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Which OS do you prefer to use Neovim in?
i have archwsl but honestly there are minimal problems on windows for me so I really don't bother using wsl over just dual booting
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Configurando Alpine Linux, tmux e neovim no WSL2 - parte 1
ArchWSL
- [Arch Linux] Arch Linux dans WSL ??
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Running GUI Apps in ArchWSL
Was Arch installed with yuk7/ArchWSL tool or something else?
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Arch in WSL
Don't use it anymore but used it for a number of years after WSL came out. It involved some combination of https://github.com/yuk7/ArchWSL and Xming X. Worked great.
- Gnome 11 is real
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My company forces me to use Cringedows, what can I do to suffer less?
• If you live in the linux terminal, I recommend installing WSL with a distro you like (I use arch here btw).
- A friend recommended WSL to me (based on my true experience)
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WSL - Microsoft Linux
It uses a customized version of the Linux kernel (repo) that integrates with the host Windows OS. You can build any distro on top of that kernel, as people have done with (of course) Arch. The distro isn't any less "real" than a distro that it run on QEMU (and with a level 1 hypervisor, all systems that uses one are technically virtualized already).
wsl-distrod
Posts with mentions or reviews of wsl-distrod.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-01.
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Arch in WSL
Systemd works even in the non-store Windows 10 using https://github.com/nullpo-head/wsl-distrod
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Should I be creating a WSL "install" for each project?
In case you're using an older version of WSL that doesn't support systemd, you can give Distrod a try.
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Losing everything due to WSL corruption?
It uses snapd (so in turn, systemd) so maybe that's what you missed. Up until the WSL update that brought systemd support I've been using distrod to have systemd in my WSL2 distros so it went all smoothly for me.
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wsl-archlinux-manager: An efficient & easy strategy to install and manage Arch Linux instances on WSL.
I use distrod to get a wsl instance of Arch running. It's nice to have (some) systemd functionality with it ;)
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I finally got arch linux working on windows 11(WSL2) By using docker.
You don't need Docker Desktop to install Linux distros as your WSL2 systems. For Arch there's https://github.com/yuk7/ArchWSL and if you want systemd too then use this one instead https://github.com/nullpo-head/wsl-distrod/ (not specific to just Arch). Also any OCI compliant rootfs tarball goes really, you can use Docker or Podman to export images as tarballs & import them as WSL distros and vice versa. Just telling in case all you want is a distro and not a container engine like Docker running.
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How to install robo3t on Ubuntu WSL, Windows 11
You can install the snap version if you have snap running (duh) so, I recommend you to either add systemd to your Ubuntu or make a new Ubuntu installation, both with this one: https://github.com/nullpo-head/wsl-distrod/.
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Cannot install WSL UBUNTU 22 in windows 10
Not sure on the specifics for why it won’t install for you, but I’d recommend trying a tool called distrod regardless. You can get Ubuntu Jammy with it and it makes the distro support systemd.
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WSL2 with no network connectivity
Install the resolvconf package and write the nameserver etc lines into /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base file instead (or depending on your needs, use systemd by using a tool like Distrod and edit /etc/systemd/resolved.conf instead).
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Install minikube with podman and CRI-O on wsl2 / Windows 11
I used Distrod tool to install WSL that has extra features like systemd, auto-start and port forwarding ability.
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Now you can even replace systemd with Emacs
https://github.com/nullpo-head/wsl-distrod I use this at work with Gentoo and it's worked fine.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ArchWSL and wsl-distrod you can also consider the following projects:
ManjaroWSL - Manjaro for WSL2 using wsldl
distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox
winapps - Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.
genie - A quick way into a systemd "bottle" for WSL
wsldl - Advanced WSL launcher / installer. (Win10 FCU x64/arm64 or later.)
easyWSL - Create WSL distros based on Docker Images.
paru - Feature packed AUR helper
WSL2-Linux-Kernel - The source for the Linux kernel used in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2)
cascadia-code - This is a fun, new monospaced font that includes programming ligatures and is designed to enhance the modern look and feel of the Windows Terminal.
arch_linux_wsl2 - Installation instructions for Arch Linux in WSL2
WSL-DistroLauncher - Sample/reference launcher app for WSL distro Microsoft Store packages.
move-wsl - Easily move your WSL distros VHDX file to a new location.