WSL allows the user to use any distribution of their choice, and Ubuntu is installed by default.
I don't really understand the relevance of the distribution in the WSL context. My understanding is that Linux distribution refers to the skin of the OS. A UI layer on top of the OS core. But when using WSL you just use the command line, or perhaps run an independant single gui application. So what is the relevance of distribution in this context, and what difference does it make which distribution you choose?
My understanding is that Linux distribution refers to the skin of the OS. A UI layer on top of the OS core.
That's not correct. Linux distributions differ in many fundamental ways which go beyond the look&feel of the GUI:
rpm
, yum
, and dnf
; Debian has dpkg
and apt
; ArchLinux has pacman
; and so on)However, if your main use is just writing some Bash script, your experience will be more or less the same regardless of the distro.
/usr/bin
has no file other than env
, and /bin
has no file other than sh
) or GUIX. — Aug 22, 2022 at 23:06