RoliSoft/WSL-Distribution-Switcher
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Scripts to replace the distribution behind Windows Subsystem for Linux with any other Linux distribution published on Docker Hub.
5 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 1 story, 4 comments · first 2016-09-14 · latest 2019-02-26
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Why do you need docker and I wonder if github.com/rolisoft/wsl-distribution-switcher would be help to you?
comment by fxfan · 2019-02-26 · in Ask HN: How Did You Setup Your Windows Machine to Do Linux Related Development? -
I've been using Arch as my WSL image for about a year I think. I used this tool to get it going : https://github.com/RoliSoft/WSL-Distribution-Switcher
comment by sapphire_tomb · 2017-07-11 · in Ubuntu now available from the Windows store -
…contents of the lxss folder. It's a little clunky but worked well enough for my limited needs. [1] https://github.com/RoliSoft/WSL-Distribution-Switcher
comment by kej · 2017-05-12 · in New Distros Coming to Bash/WSL via Windows Store -
…at least the github presence a little. Also, what are the advantages compared to solution like https://github.com/RoliSoft/WSL-Distribution-Switcher , which allows selecting different distributions, including Arch Linux?
comment by Longhanks · 2016-09-14 · in Arch Linux adapted for Windows Subsystem for Linux