Fedora Remix for WSL

Fedora Remix for WSL

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SystemD support
Fedora Remix for WSL
Fedora Remix for WSL
Fedora Remix for WSL
Fedora Remix for WSL

App details

Release date

2018-12-11

Last update

2023-11-24

Product ID

9N6GDM4K2HNC

Categories

Developer tools

About Fedora Remix for WSL

Fedora Remix for WSL is a remix of the upstream Fedora Linux distribution for Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Fedora Remix for WSL is sponsored by Whitewater Foundry, Ltd. Co. under the terms of the Fedora Remix program. Fedora Remix for WSL is not endorsed by the Fedora Project or Red Hat, Inc. There is no support available for Fedora Remix for WSL from the Fedora community other than that which is offered to all users.

Fedora Remix for WSL contains modifications to the official Fedora distribution. The default packages and some configuration files have been modified. More details on these modifications can be found at https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/Fedora-Remix-for-WSL. The unmodified Fedora distribution can be obtained from http://getfedora.org.

Fedora Remix for WSL does not contain pengwin-setup from Pengwin.

DISCLAIMER: Windows Insider versions are not production-ready and can contain incompatibilities or bugs that affect the performance of Fedora Remix. We support insider versions on a best-effort basis.

Key features

  • Fedora Remix for WSL includes wslu, a set of useful open-source utilities for interacting between WSL and Windows 10.
  • An update script, accessible via $ upgrade.sh allows keeping your distro updated and the customizations.
  • Built-in support for SystemD and for starting services wihtout launching SystemD via the wslsystemctl command
  • Support for many Linux graphical applications with no need to configure display or libGL. Requires Windows 11 or a Windows-based X client, such as X410 or VcXsrv on Windows 10.
  • Install 28,728 open source packages via the dnf package management system from the vast Fedora repositories and any third-party repositories from outside projects.
  • A handful of unnecessary packages have been removed from the base image to reduce image size and increase stability.
  • New features are actively developed based on community input.
  • We give priority to WSL compatibility issues and adjust the package version to improve this.