Arch Linux on WSL

Poweshell script I use to build an Arch Linux WSL 2 distribution from scratch.

Configures:

• Latest minimal Arch kernel-less distro
• System locale
• Non-root user with password-less sudo
• systemd
• yay package manager with package caching disabled
• fastfetch w/ sixel logo (Requires Windows Terminal to see)
• oh-my-posh BASH prompt

Usage

1. Ensure WSL is configured correctly

   • Use the latest WSL version (wsl --update)
   • For systemd to work correctly, legacy cgroups v1 must be disabled
   • Use the newer Mirrored networking mode (Not NAT) to access WSL services across your LAN

   Therefore, the contents of your $HOME/.wslconfig file should include:

   [wsl2]
   kernelCommandLine = cgroup_no_v1=all systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
   networkingMode=mirrored

2. For proper glyph support, configure your terminal to use a Nerd Font. I like CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font.

3. Unzip the archive file from this repo

4. From a Powershell prompt, run create-arch-distro.ps1 (see the script for all supported parameters)

   .\create-arch-distro.ps1 -DistroName myarch -Force

5. If successfull, then you should be able run the distro

   wsl -d myarch