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.