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Byron Boudreaux
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Nov 24, 2020

WSL 2 not working after installing 20262

Just getting involved with Insider Preview...upgraded 2019 Datacenter (latest official release) to 20262. After the upgrade, downloaded and ran the Linux Kernel update package. When running WSL comma...
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Byron Boudreaux
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Feb 05, 2021

LubomirH I believe this issue persists because the product team does not intend to ship WSL in Windows Server.

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LubomirH
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Feb 07, 2021

Byron Boudreaux 

well, this would be really a pity

I hope this is just a bug and you are not right!

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    LubomirH
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    Feb 10, 2021

    Although I am able to run the WSL2 in the build 20241 while having the time set back, it doesn't really help much, because of the time difference SSL is broken and thus other things are broken and you can't install any docker container from online. :cry:

     

    @Mary Hoffman

    Mary can you please give us some official statement?

    Is there any hope that WSL2 will be fixed in next builds or the rumors are right and WSL2 will not be part of the final WS2022 release?

    I would be glad to test and report back, because I like the idea of having both Windows and Linux containers on one host next to each other.

     

    thanks

     

    Lubomir

     

     

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      Mary Hoffman
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      Feb 10, 2021

      LubomirH It is my opinion that it is unlikely that WSL will be included in the final Windows Server product as it was was not included in Windows Server 2019.  The investigation on this issue is ongoing and I hope to have a more complete answer for you soon. We do recommend upgrading to the latest preview build in order to pick up all the recent fixes and updates.

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        TBBle
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        Apr 02, 2021
        Do you mean WSL1 or WSL2 here? WSL2 didn't exist at the time of Windows Server 2019, so that can't be the rationale, and WSL1 is present in the Windows Server LTSC 2022 Insider builds, right now.

        Are you suggesting that WSL will be completely pulled (i.e. WSL1 as well) from Windows Server LTSC 2022 before release?

        It seems odd that we would get WSL1 but not WSL2 in Windows Server LTSC 2022, since AFAIK all development effects and new features have been focussed on WSL2 for the last year or two.

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