Using a period in your Ubuntu username on WSL

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  • distribution-spec

    OCI Distribution Specification

  • In fact you aren't limited to only Ubuntu etc few popular distros' base images with WSL: You can use any OCI-compliant rootfs tarball (like those available on Docker Hub) so pick whatever you want lol. On WSL you can use podman, buildah etc to pull such container images, customize them using Dockerfiles, Ansible Playbooks etc, then export them as .tar files to import to WSL; get creative. Checkout the following website for an extensive list of what kind of Linux distributions are available out there: https://distrowatch.com

  • hub-feedback

    Feedback and bug reports for the Docker Hub

  • In fact you aren't limited to only Ubuntu etc few popular distros' base images with WSL: You can use any OCI-compliant rootfs tarball (like those available on Docker Hub) so pick whatever you want lol. On WSL you can use podman, buildah etc to pull such container images, customize them using Dockerfiles, Ansible Playbooks etc, then export them as .tar files to import to WSL; get creative. Checkout the following website for an extensive list of what kind of Linux distributions are available out there: https://distrowatch.com

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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