didier gaumet <didier.gau...@gmail.com> writes: > Le 07/03/2023 à 21:17, Richmond a écrit : >> I have Debian 11 on Windows Subsystem for Linux, but it is using a >> version 4 kernel. (I have established that it is debian 11 by looking in >> /etc/issue, and /etc/apt/sources). The Kernel says it is Microsoft: >> 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft #2311-Microsoft >> So I guess this is not really a kernel? as the version is a Windows >> version number, although I am on Windows 19045.2604. >> Who supports Debian 11 for WSL? It is in the Microsoft Store. Why is >> it >> on version 4 kernel? > > Hello, > > Warning: I do not use WSL1/WSL2 > but I would say that your Debian was installed as a WSL1 distro > (typical 4.4 pseudo linux kernel (translator, sort of)) and you could > migrate it to WSL2 (5.15 kernel presently, in a Hyper-V VM). > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-versions > https://superuser.com/questions/1628023/check-wsl-version-1-or-2-inside-the-linux-installation > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/kernel-release-notes
It seems I had not upgraded to WSL2. I thought I had. Now I have done that I am on the right kernel. 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1
