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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by texasbigdata on Saturday September 26, 2020 @08:50PM (#24603342)
Also kinda unstable. WSL2 maybe 2 months post release bricked (edit: as in had to wipe and restore) my Lenovo laptop. Wasn’t too bad to reinstall but still seems a bit immature.
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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by EE84M3i on Saturday September 26, 2020 @10:23PM (#24603709)
How did WSL2 ruin your windows install?

As an aside: I normally use "bricked" to mean "entirely unusable as a computing device"

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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by texasbigdata on Sunday September 27, 2020 @10:45AM (#24607011)
BSOD and could not restore. To install wsl you have to enable windows insiders beta patches as part of install process. Had to external drive boot and wipe.
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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by fomine3 on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @09:36PM (#24634958)
Installing insider preview (beta) is done with your responsibility, not responsible by WSL2. Of course WSL2 is now supported in Windows stable.
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