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<a href="https://github.com/ajstrongdev"><span class="username">ajstrongdev</span></a> created this issue <span class="timeago" title="2025-08-04T17:22:52Z"></span> in <a href="//github.com/rhino-linux/tracker">rhino-linux/tracker</a>
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<a href="https://github.com/rhino-linux/tracker/issues/87">prop(os): Add Rhino Linux Support for WSL</a>
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<div class="description">**What feature would you like to see included in Rhino Linux?**
It would be a great addition to be able to provide Rhino Linux as a WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) distribution. This will allow for developers and users who are tied to Windows as their primary or work OS to still have the ability to use and contribute to Rhino Linux in their environment.

The process should be relatively simple, extracting the `rootfs` from a Rhino Docker as a tarball. This is currently [the supported way ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/use-custom-distro) of using a custom distro on WSL.

**We should:**
- Include WSL-specific config files within the image.
- Automate the build process of the WSL tarball using GitHub Actions, as this is necessary for our image builder.

**We could:**
- Bundle a custom "first run" script with our WSL images, to set up the environment on initial launch.
- Write a Wiki guide explaining how to manually set up Rhino on WSL as a starting point, before creating our image builder.

**Additional context**
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/use-custom-distro
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/build-custom-distro

**Note:** We have agreed that if we are to pursue this idea, we are not going to be creating our WSL Image Builder until *after* our 2025.4 cycle.</div>

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