Clear Linux on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2?

#1

Has anyone ported Clear Linux to Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 yet? I just updated my Windows partition to the Windows Insider preview build, which has WSL 2. There are some major performance improvements - there’s a virtual machine running a modified Linux 4.19, and the distros run on top of that much like a Docker, podman or LXC container would run on a Linux machine.

There’s a Fedora remix, Debian, a few variants of openSUSE and SUSE and a few variants of Ubuntu in the Microsoft Store, but I believe the tools are there if you want to roll your own.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/build-custom-distro

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#2

I have Ubuntu running on WSL, but would be interested if we can get Clear Linux running on WSL2.

#3

I think I’ve seen some discussion on this issue and someone said it’s not technically difficult but there are lots of paperwork.

#4

The paperwork is if you want it in the Microsoft Store. You can sideload it without it being in the store. And the paperwork is a good idea!