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WhitewaterFoundry / Pengwin

A Linux distro optimized for WSL based on Debian.
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Install Pengwin after WSL2 is installed still using WSL1 #737

Closed laurinkeithdavis closed 2 years ago

laurinkeithdavis commented 2 years ago

New Windows 10 installation WSL2 installed Install Pengwin Uses WSL1

Why is it not using WSL2 initially? Why do I have to upgrade Pengwin to WSL2?

C:\windows\system32>wsl -l -v
  NAME                   STATE           VERSION
* docker-desktop         Running         2
  docker-desktop-data    Running         2
  WLinux                 Running         1
crramirez commented 2 years ago

Before installing any distro at least the first time you need to set WSL2 as default:

wsl --set-default-version 2

laurinkeithdavis commented 2 years ago

You know, I was thinking about that after I posted this issue. Now, can someone tell me why in the world WSL2 is not the default? Also, why does Docker not have this issue? It automatically uses WSL2 if that is available.

crramirez commented 2 years ago

WSL 2 is the default in Windows 11 but not Windows 10. I assume that for backward compatibility they only did that in Windows 11. Docker Desktop uses wsl --import to create their distros and you can pass the desired version to this command