Comments on: Install Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows Server

By: mujahid

mujahid — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:04:22 +0000

Invoke-WebRequest : Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/wsl-ubuntu-1804 -OutFile ~/Ubun …

By: Thomas Maurer

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:20:48 +0000

In reply to Karel. Bits only works on Windows, we try to avoid commands which are not working crossplatform.

By: Karel

Karel — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:05:03 +0000

Please let Invoke-WebRequest be history and use Start-BitsTransfer for file download, its 1000% faster

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 02:09:06 +0000

I am running insider version of Windows Server 19008 and I get

PS C:\Windows\system32> wsl -l -v
NAME STATE VERSION
* Ubuntu-18.04 Running 1

Not version 2 like I was wanting. I’ve done the “wsl –set-default-version 2” but still shows 1.

By: Sebas

Sebas — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 07:04:59 +0000

Thanks for this guide. Where will the files take up space for anything I install on Linux? I have a SSD for my C: and HDD for storage. I have installed on the HDD (E: drive), so I have the ubuntu.exe folder in here. Will this mean anything I do on Ubuntu remain on this folder? Like any app I get from apt?

By: Thomas Maurer

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 11:15:30 +0000

In reply to nolange. Hi I just added a link to the distro page of Microsoft. There you can find all the information and links for the available distros.

By: nolange

nolange — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:16:54 +0000

Thanks for this guide,

one question though: how do you figure out the URLs for the distros?
I would prefer installing debian.