Windows Subsytem for Oracle Linux

Install latest NVIDIA Driver for GPU Support. 

Do not install any Linux display driver in WSL.

In Command Prompt as Administrator

C:\> cd \Windows\System32\lxss\lib

C:\> del libcuda.so libcuda.so.1

C:\> mklink libcuda.so libcuda.so.1.1

C:\> mklink libcuda.so.1 libcuda.so.1.1

PS C:\Users\nbitra> nvidia-smi

Ensure you have the latest WSL kernel.

PS C:\Users\user1> wsl --update

PS C:\Users\user1> wsl --version

Display a list of available distributions

PS C:\Users\user1> wsl --list --online

The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.

Install using 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>'.

NAME                            FRIENDLY NAME

Ubuntu                          Ubuntu

Debian                          Debian GNU/Linux

kali-linux                      Kali Linux Rolling

Ubuntu-18.04                    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Ubuntu-20.04                    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Ubuntu-22.04                    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Ubuntu-24.04                    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

OracleLinux_7_9                 Oracle Linux 7.9

OracleLinux_8_7                 Oracle Linux 8.7

OracleLinux_9_1                 Oracle Linux 9.1

openSUSE-Leap-15.6              openSUSE Leap 15.6

SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP5    SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5

SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP6    SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6

openSUSE-Tumbleweed             openSUSE Tumbleweed

Increase swap space. Remove .txt extension.

C:\Users\user1> type .wslconfig

[wsl2]

memory=4GB

swap=16GB

Install a Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution.

PS C:\Users\user1> wsl --install -d OracleLinux_9_1

Installing: Oracle Linux 9.1

Oracle Linux 9.1 has been installed.

Launching Oracle Linux 9.1...

Installing, this may take a few minutes...

Please create a default UNIX user account. The username does not need to match your Windows username.

For more information visit: https://aka.ms/wslusers

Enter new UNIX username: user1

Changing password for user user1.

New password:

Retype new password:

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

Installation successful!

Update the packages and kernel

$ cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Oracle Linux Server"

VERSION="9.1"

Update packages

$ sudo dnf update -y

To disable Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) 

Change the line SELINUX=enforcing to SELINUX=disabled in /etc/selinux/config

$ sestatus

SELinux status:                 disabled

Enable systemd in /etc/wsl.conf

[boot]

systemd=true

$ free -m

               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available

Mem:            3920         456        3500           2         156        3464

Swap:          16384           0       16384

Show the status of Windows Subsystem for Linux

PS C:\> wsl --status

Default Distribution: OracleLinux_9_1

Default Version: 2

PS C:\> wsl -l -v

  NAME               STATE           VERSION

* OracleLinux_9_1    Running         2

Set the distribution as the default

PS C:\> wsl -s OracleLinux_9_1

Terminate the distribution

PS C:\Users\nbitra> wsl -t <distro>

Terminate the distribution and VM

PS C:\> wsl --shutdown -d OracleLinux_9_1

wsl --system -d OracleLinux_9_1wsl -l -v

  NAME               STATE           VERSION

* OracleLinux_9_1    Stopped         2

Launch the distribution

PS C:\> OracleLinux91

PS C:\Users\nbitra> wsl -l -v

  NAME               STATE           VERSION

* OracleLinux_9_1    Running         2

Get WSL Linux host IP to login via SSH

PS C:\> wsl -- ip addr s eth0 | findstr -i inet

Connect Linux host via SSH 

PS C:\> ssh Linux_User@Linux_IP

Uninstall the distribution and delete the root filesystem

PS C:\> wsl --unregister <distro>

Unregistering...

PS C:\> wsl -l -v

Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.

Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:

https://aka.ms/wslstore