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Tutorials for absolute beginners in Seismology
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Simplify the WSL setup guides in May 2023 #650

Closed seisman closed 1 year ago

seisman commented 1 year ago

Currently, the WSL setup guides are still complicated because some features only work on new Windows versions. For example, installing WSL using wsl --install requires Windows 10 build 19041+ or Windows 11, and native Linux GUI support requires Windows 10 build 19044+ or Windows 11.

From this page (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/release-information), we know that Windows 10 build 19041 was released on 2020-05-27 and reached the end of service on 2021-12-14, and Windows 10 build 19044 was released on 2021-11-16.

After some time (maybe one year or two), I think we can safely assume that our target audiences are using Windows 10 build 19044+ or Windows 11, then we can simply the WSL setup guides by removing many long paragraphs.

seisman commented 1 year ago
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As shown in the screenshot above, Windows 10 v20H2 will reach the end of service on 2023-05-09, which means all users are recommended to upgrade their Windows to 21H2 (build 19044) or above.

Thus, I think it's fine to assume that all users are using Windows 21H2 (build 19044) or above after 2023-05-09. Users who refuse to upgrade their Windows are not our target audience.