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Reported byOSTechnix, Fedora is currently exploring the idea of creating official releases for WSL beginning with Fedora 42.

Fedora Remix for WSL on Windows 11

You can already use Fedora on WSL, but not through official channels. That might be changing, though.

Currently, you might already use Fedora through WSL 2, but not from official channels.

One of the best ways to do so is to use theFedora Remix release by Whitewater Foundry.

An official Fedora release would benefit from having the team that makes the distro behind it.

A Fedora 40 VM inside Virtualbox

Official support for WSL from Fedora could lessen the need to run it in a virtual machine for those who need it.

you’re able to also build your own Fedora-based images if you like, but the same applies.

You have no official support, so you’re on your own.

There is no official documentation going this route, and some non-essential tools are missing.

WSL

Per theproposed changes, an official release of Fedora for WSL would aim to create the following.

Fedora 42 prerelease build for WSL running inside Windows Terminal.

Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora running on WSL on a Snapdragon X Elite laptop

Ubunutu 24.04 running on WSL 2 on Windows 11 inside Windows Terminal.

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