Pengwin and Fedora Remix for WSL now are WSL 2 compatible
We recently have released Pengwin 1.4 and Fedora Remix for WSL 1.31.9 which are both compatible with WSL 2 and it is now supported.
Pengwin 1.4 Highlights:
Support for automatically detect WSL 2 and set variables like DISPLAY accordingly.
If it is WSL 2 an environment variable called WSL2 is defined.
The embedded XServer installed via pengwin-setup now it is WSL 2 aware.
GUILIB in pengwin-setup now is WSL 2 aware. It also improves Qt 5 and Open GL support.
Start menu shortcuts now work correctly with WSL 2 and dbus (regenerate them after the update).
Fedora Remix for WSL 1.31.9 Highlights:
Support for automatically detect WSL 2 and set variables like DISPLAY accordingly.
If it is WSL 2 an environment variable called WSL2 is defined.
Automatically creates a symbolic link called winhome to the user’s home folder.
The ARM64 version was updated to Fedora 31.
Enjoy the new versions and Happy New Year.