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For those that don't know, this will only be available in Windows 11, see https://github.com/microsoft/wslg/issues/347#issuecomment-877695975 https://github.com

For those that don't know, this will only be available in Windows 11, see https://github.com/microsoft/wslg/issues/347#issuecomment-877695975 https://github.com/microsoft/wslg/issues/347#issuecomment-87...

nwatson 5y ago
Yeah bummer. My old Windows machine won't be upgradable to Windows 11 ... interestingly I was able to install the Windows 11 preview and even get the WSL2 update with the integrated X11/GUI and it worked great. However I was notified I couldn't upgrade to official build and the only recourse was to re-install Windows 10. I'll need to revert to one of the available X11 servers but I wiped out the old configuration and it's kinda painful to automatically set $DISPLAY and also get Norton Firewall to play along.
- ComputerGuru 5y ago
  I have a solution for the disk/partition type/layout incompatible with upgrading to newer Windows 11 builds (but not the TPM workaround) but I haven’t gotten around to packaging it and publishing it for download on our site.
  - zamadatix 5y ago
    Don't think I've heard about those, what all requirements changed on the storage side there?
    - ComputerGuru 5y ago
      I don’t know if it’s what the GP was referring to but partition requirements pertaining to MBR vs GPT and specific requirements for alignment, MSR properties, and order of partitions has been locked down considerably. Annoyingly they all manifest as an opaque “this PC isn’t compatible” or similar message.
stronglikedan 5y ago
To be fair, it's also the first prerequisite on the linked page. > WSLg is going to be generally available alongside the upcoming release of Windows. To get access to a preview of WSLg, you'll need to join the Windows Insider Program and be running a Windows 10 Insider Preview build from the beta or dev channels.
JorgeGT 5y ago
I see that those of us with a 7th gen Intel core CPU that "need not to worry because W10 will be supported for years" will immediately start missing functionality.
- tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  To be honest I’m not going to miss the annual update that messes with all my settings and tries to force a MS account on me.
  - asciimov 5y ago
    You know, you will still get those.
    - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
      I assume not, that we will just get security updates until it goes end of life. No more "features".
      - deleted 5y ago
        [deleted]
      - ndiddy 5y ago
        I hope you're excited for the 21H2 feature update, coming in the second half of 2021. The announcement mentions that it will get 18 months of servicing so I'm assuming this means we will get future feature updates as well. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/07/15/introducing-the-next-feature-update-to-windows-10-21h2/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/07/15/intro...
- shados 5y ago
  At the very least the support requirement is a soft one, not a hard one. A large portion of motherboards from that era had firmware updates to officially support Win11, and Win11 WILL work on an i7-7700k even though its not in the list. You unfortunately won't get it through Windows update and will have to install the hard way. And if there's problems, you'll be sorry out of luck. Pisses me off, but at least it's not a complete blocker.
pedro2 5y ago
WHAT?????? I always thought it would be enabled on Windows 10.

nwatson 5y ago

Yeah bummer. My old Windows machine won't be upgradable to Windows 11 ... interestingly I was able to install the Windows 11 preview and even get the WSL2 update with the integrated X11/GUI and it worked great. However I was notified I couldn't upgrade to official build and the only recourse was to re-install Windows 10. I'll need to revert to one of the available X11 servers but I wiped out the old configuration and it's kinda painful to automatically set $DISPLAY and also get Norton Firewall to play along.

ComputerGuru 5y ago
I have a solution for the disk/partition type/layout incompatible with upgrading to newer Windows 11 builds (but not the TPM workaround) but I haven’t gotten around to packaging it and publishing it for download on our site.
- zamadatix 5y ago
  Don't think I've heard about those, what all requirements changed on the storage side there?
  - ComputerGuru 5y ago
    I don’t know if it’s what the GP was referring to but partition requirements pertaining to MBR vs GPT and specific requirements for alignment, MSR properties, and order of partitions has been locked down considerably. Annoyingly they all manifest as an opaque “this PC isn’t compatible” or similar message.

stronglikedan 5y ago

To be fair, it's also the first prerequisite on the linked page. > WSLg is going to be generally available alongside the upcoming release of Windows. To get access to a preview of WSLg, you'll need to join the Windows Insider Program and be running a Windows 10 Insider Preview build from the beta or dev channels.

JorgeGT 5y ago

I see that those of us with a 7th gen Intel core CPU that "need not to worry because W10 will be supported for years" will immediately start missing functionality.

tonyedgecombe 5y ago
To be honest I’m not going to miss the annual update that messes with all my settings and tries to force a MS account on me.
- asciimov 5y ago
  You know, you will still get those.
  - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
    I assume not, that we will just get security updates until it goes end of life. No more "features".
    - deleted 5y ago
      [deleted]
    - ndiddy 5y ago
      I hope you're excited for the 21H2 feature update, coming in the second half of 2021. The announcement mentions that it will get 18 months of servicing so I'm assuming this means we will get future feature updates as well. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/07/15/introducing-the-next-feature-update-to-windows-10-21h2/ https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/07/15/intro...
shados 5y ago
At the very least the support requirement is a soft one, not a hard one. A large portion of motherboards from that era had firmware updates to officially support Win11, and Win11 WILL work on an i7-7700k even though its not in the list. You unfortunately won't get it through Windows update and will have to install the hard way. And if there's problems, you'll be sorry out of luck. Pisses me off, but at least it's not a complete blocker.

pedro2 5y ago

WHAT?????? I always thought it would be enabled on Windows 10.