On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 12:52:29PM +0800, Robbi Nespu wrote: > Hello, > > I installed Debian WSL on my windows.. here some details > > ~$ uname -a > Linux PC 4.4.0-18362-Microsoft #1049-Microsoft Thu Aug 14 12:01:00 PST 2020 > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > ~$ cat /etc/debian_version > 10.5 > > But sadly there is no podman package on Buster repos, it also mentioned on > https://podman.io/getting-started/installation that podman only available on > Debian Testing/Bullseye or Unstable/Sid > First things first: use apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade to bring yourself up to Debian 10.7 [10.8 is out at the end of the month :) ]
You may be able to just change the sources list and update to bullseye. That's just started the freeze process - but there will be some significant churn and changes before release later this year. > I know upgrading normal installed Debian is easy. But ... Will it break > current WSL when windows store push update and I need to re-setup again too? > Updating should be exactly the same: the critical thing is that the kernel remains the one provided by Microsoft, I think, and doesn't update from Debian. > Or it better just keep using the current branch provided only (using podman > from Kubic project)? > Why podman particularly? Is this because you must be compatible with Red Hat somewhere? Essentially, you're running containers on virtualisation on virtualisation. [Podman -> WSL2 -> HyperV shim -> Windows] so performance may not be great. Fine for a trial but probably not ideal for heavier use. Find a Linux box somewhere, maybe. Hope this helps, all the very best Andy C. > If you have experience similar like me. Could you give some feedback? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Robbi Nespu > > PGP fingerprint : D311 B5FF EEE6 0BE8 9C91 FA9E 0C81 FA30 3B3A 80BA > PGP public key : https://keybase.io/robbinespu/pgp_keys.asc >
