On April 15, 2025 4:16:13 AM EDT, Robin Candau wrote:
>On 3/3/25 9:12 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
>>> On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about providing an
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On 4/17/25 4:32 PM, Campbell Jones wrote:
On April 15, 2025 4:16:13 AM EDT, Robin Candau wrote:
On 3/3/25 9:12 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about providing an
official Arch Linux
Le 28 janvier 2025 11:52:06 GMT+01:00, Leonidas Spyropoulos
a écrit :
>On 27/01/2025 23:59, Robin Candau wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about providing an
>> official Arch Linux image for WSL
On 4/15/25 10:16 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
The image has now been added to the Microsoft WSL's official
distribution manifest [1] and can therefore be installed with a single
PowerShell command from a Windows system with WSL 2 installed: `wsl --
install archlinux`
Great work, thank you!
On 3/3/25 9:12 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about
providing an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem
for Linux) [1].
[...]
The related RFC is now accepted!
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On 2/11/25 2:58 PM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 2/5/25 1:02 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/29/25 10:15 PM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about
providing an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Wi
On 2/14/25 10:01 PM, kpcyrd wrote:
On 2/11/25 12:29 PM, Robin Candau wrote:
Those are legit concerns that still stand today. Fortunately, since
recent WSL versions, there are alternative methods to distribute WSL
images outside from the Microsoft Store that are not subject to those
trademark p
On 2/11/25 12:29 PM, Robin Candau wrote:
Those are legit concerns that still stand today. Fortunately, since
recent WSL versions, there are alternative methods to distribute WSL
images outside from the Microsoft Store that are not subject to those
trademark problems / concerns.
For the record
On 2/5/25 1:02 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/29/25 10:15 PM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about
providing an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for
Linux) [1].
[...]
On 2/11/25 8:13 AM, Christian Rebischke wrote:
On Jan 28, 2025 18:20, Santiago Torres-Arias wrote:
On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 10:20:15AM +0100, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
> I have concerns with putting a WSL image into the official store
but I am
> fine with us offering an easy way
On Jan 28, 2025 18:20, Santiago Torres-Arias wrote:On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 10:20:15AM +0100, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
> I have concerns with putting a WSL image into the official store but I am
> fine with us offering an easy way to setup WSL.
Speaking of the store, wasn't a previous attempt
On 1/29/25 10:15 PM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about
providing an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for
Linux) [1].
[...]
Hey,
After only a few days, this pro
On 1/29/25 10:15 PM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about
providing an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for
Linux) [1].
[...]
The automated install method [
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about providing
an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) [1].
Hey,
After only a few days, this proposal has generated quite some
attractions w
Excerpts from Santiago Torres-Arias's message of janeiro 28, 2025 2:20 pm:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 10:20:15AM +0100, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
>> I have concerns with putting a WSL image into the official store but I am
>> fine with us offering an easy way to setup WSL.
>
> Speaking of the store,
On Tue, Jan 28, 2025 at 10:20:15AM +0100, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
> I have concerns with putting a WSL image into the official store but I am
> fine with us offering an easy way to setup WSL.
Speaking of the store, wasn't a previous attempt by shibumi to do this
get blocked on some sort of store
On 1/28/25 10:20 AM, Jelle van der Waa wrote:
Hi,
Hey Jelle,
On 28/01/2025 00:59, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about
providing an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for
Linux) [1].
Indeed, after a
On 1/28/25 11:52 AM, Leonidas Spyropoulos wrote:
On 27/01/2025 23:59, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about
providing an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for
Linux) [1].
Hello,
Hey,
Thanks for bringing
On 1/28/25 1:45 PM, kpcyrd wrote:
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Anyway, sorry for the long read 0:)
Just to clarify, the actual purpose of this mail is to collect
thoughts, concerns, questions, interests (both regarding using such an
"official" Arch Linux WSL image and / or helping
Le 28 janvier 2025 12:40:04 GMT+01:00, "Jakub Klinkovský"
a écrit :
>On 28.01.25 at 10:21 (UTC+0100), Robin Candau wrote:
>> On 1/28/25 9:58 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
>> > On 1/28/25 9:23 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
>>
>> > > 1) Importing from the docker image is good, but it strips a lot of files
On 1/28/25 12:59 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
Anyway, sorry for the long read 0:)
Just to clarify, the actual purpose of this mail is to collect thoughts,
concerns, questions, interests (both regarding using such an "official"
Arch Linux WSL image and / or helping maintaining it), ...
Please, share
On 28.01.25 at 10:21 (UTC+0100), Robin Candau wrote:
> On 1/28/25 9:58 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
> > On 1/28/25 9:23 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
>
> > > 1) Importing from the docker image is good, but it strips a lot of files
> > > (i.e. all documentation). It took me ages to work out why there was no
On 27/01/2025 23:59, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about providing
an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) [1].
Hello,
Thanks for bringing this up for discussion.
My experience with WSL is limited
On 1/28/25 9:58 AM, Robin Candau wrote:
On 1/28/25 9:23 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
> 1) Importing from the docker image is good, but it strips a lot of files
> (i.e. all documentation). It took me ages to work out why there was no
> man pages! I do not think a WSL install should do that.
>
Hi,
On 28/01/2025 00:59, Robin Candau wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about providing
an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) [1].
Indeed, after a quick related discussion over on IRC, I started
tinkering with thi
:)
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about providing an
official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) [1].
Indeed, after a quick related discussion over on IRC, I started tinkering
with this and I personally would be eventually interested in prop
Forwarding Allan's mail at his request, and answering it :)
On 1/28/25 9:23 AM, Allan McRae wrote:
> Hi Robin,
>
Hi Allan,
> Can you forward this to arch-dev-public? I am not subscribed.
>
>
> I have been using Arch almost exclusively in WSL for the past months. My
> Arch machine died and I ha
proposal is inspired by the related Fedora one [2] (which was accepted
> and planned for Fedora 42).
>
> # Benefits
>
> An official Arch Linux image for WSL would provide an easy way for people to
> give Arch Linux a try directly from their Windows system, making our distro
> mor
On 1/28/25 7:58 AM, George Rawlinson wrote:
Hi George,
Thanks for sharing thoughts!
If I remember correctly, this was suggested before and shot down because WSL is
its own can of beans, and mainly because having this “official” implies that we
will “support” this in the way of bug reports et
Hi, George!
> If I remember correctly, this was suggested before and shot down because WSL
> is its own can of beans, and mainly because having this “official” implies
> that we will “support” this in the way of bug reports etc etc.
>
> My feelings remain the same, I have zero interest in spendi
If I remember correctly, this was suggested before and shot down because WSL is
its own can of beans, and mainly because having this “official” implies that we
will “support” this in the way of bug reports etc etc.
My feelings remain the same, I have zero interest in spending time on any WSL
re
Hi, Robin,
> "I guess a monthly generation / release would be more than enough."
As far as I can see from [1] and [2], all "boxes" and OCI (Docker)
images are generated daily
(with one exception for the image in the official DockerHub library,
which is generated weekly).
If image generation is c
Hi everyone,
I'm writing this mail to collect thoughts and interests about providing
an official Arch Linux image for WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) [1].
Indeed, after a quick related discussion over on IRC, I started
tinkering with this and I personally would be eventually interest
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