It wasn’t an April Idiot’s prank when Microsoft introduced the addition of AlmaLinux to the road of distributions out there for WSL. From the Microsoft Retailer, it is now doable to obtain a model of AlmaLinux to run on Home windows.
AlmaLinux now joins the rising checklist of Linux distributions for WSL that features Ubuntu, OpenSuse Leap, Kali Linux, Debian, Oracle Linux, and Suse Linux Enterprise. This server-centric Linux distribution got here into being quickly after it was introduced that CentOS can be migrating to CentOS Stream again in 2020.
A fast search within the Microsoft Retailer makes it straightforward to obtain and set up AlmaLinux 8 for WSL. Simply be sure your host system is a PC with both ARM64 or x86 structure, consists of greater than 4GB of RAM, and already has Home windows Subsystem for Linux put in. The obtain of AlmaLinux is a svelt 83MB and may run on both Home windows 10 or 11. Should you don’t have already got WSL put in on Home windows, open Powershell (with elevated privileges) and situation the command wsl –install.
Though this has but to be introduced on the official AlmaLinux weblog, the distribution is formally out there within the Microsoft Retailer and could be added to WSL without spending a dime.
