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  • 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.

    I think you might be able to start with an even more minimal rootfs than that one if you used Distrod (plus you'd end up with a WSL2 Ubuntu distro that has systemd working (then also use a custom kernel like this or this for snapd, apparmor etc support - their latest versions are 11.7 and 12.4 MB each).

  • WSL2-Linux-Kernel

    Discontinued linux-next-based WSL2 kernel (discontinued due to no longer using WSL2) (by nathanchance)

    I think you might be able to start with an even more minimal rootfs than that one if you used Distrod (plus you'd end up with a WSL2 Ubuntu distro that has systemd working (then also use a custom kernel like this or this for snapd, apparmor etc support - their latest versions are 11.7 and 12.4 MB each).

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • WSL2-Linux-Kernel

    The source for the Linux kernel used in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) (by diddlesnaps)

    I think you might be able to start with an even more minimal rootfs than that one if you used Distrod (plus you'd end up with a WSL2 Ubuntu distro that has systemd working (then also use a custom kernel like this or this for snapd, apparmor etc support - their latest versions are 11.7 and 12.4 MB each).

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