Many Microsoft employees have contributed to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, this commit is the result of their work since 2016.
The entire history of the Windows Subsystem for Linux can't be shared here, but here's an overview of WSL's history after it moved to it own repository in 2021:
Number of commits on the main branch: 2930
Number of contributors: 31
Head over https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/releases for a more detailed history of the features added to WSL since 2021.
* Update install-latest-wsl.ps1
https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/12282#issuecomment-2480894130 The install-latest-wsl.ps1 script cannot parse the operating "System Type" '$systeminfo = & systeminfo | findstr /C:"System Type"' due to language problems. In the Chinese interface environment, "System Type" is the Chinese "系统类型".
* Updated regular syntax
* Fix indentation in DistributionInfo.json
Replace (accidental) tabs by spaces
* Add a json formatting check to the validate.py script
This should a coherent formatting for the future
Updated current AlmaLinux OS distributions:
- AlmaLinux OS 8.10.20250415.0
- AlmaLinux OS 9.5.20250415.0
- AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10.20250415.0
Signed-off-by: Elkhan Mammadli <elkhan.mammadli@protonmail.com>
Fedora has started building WSL images in Fedora 42. With the general
availability of Fedora 42, we can now include Fedora in the distribution
list.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Cline <jeremycline@linux.microsoft.com>
As discussed in microsoft#12551, we (Arch Linux) now [provide an official WSL image](https://rfc.archlinux.page/0050-arch-linux-wsl-image/). This commit adds it to the Microsoft WSL's official distribution manifest, allowing users to pull and install it in an automated way (`wsl --install archlinux`).
Closes microsoft#12551
* Use annotations to give feedback on modern distributions instead of a pull request comment
* Use encoded newlines
* Use correct lines
* Add dependency
* lf
* Fix distribution name
* Various fixes
* Cleanup diff
* Cleanup diff
* Add test flag
* Undo test change
Add AlmaLinux OS 8.10, 9.5 and AlmaLinux OS Kitten 10 to the modern
distributions list which uses the new method of packaging format.
Signed-off-by: Elkhan Mammadli <elkhan.mammadli@protonmail.com>
* Add Kali to modern distributions
* Add default status to Kali
* Swap Kali URL to use kali.download
* Update checksums for new file
* Update Kali checksums
