Fedora 42 on Windows WSL: Quick Start Guide

This guide will help you set up Fedora on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), install essential tools, and configure fractional scaling for graphical sessions.

References

• Fedora WSL Documentation
• Microsoft WSL Basic Commands
• Fedora: Running Waypipe on Microsoft Windows?
• Red Hat: Remotely Accessing a Wayland-based Application

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1. Install WSL

Open PowerShell with Administrator rights and run:

wsl --install --no-distribution

2. Reboot your machine

Run the following command in PowerShell to reboot immediately:

shutdown.exe /r /t 0

3. List available distributions

After rebooting, list available WSL distributions:

wsl --list --online

4. Install Fedora

To install Fedora (for example, Fedora Linux 42):

wsl --install -d FedoraLinux-42

5. Install useful tools

Once Fedora is installed and running, install useful tools by running:

sudo sed -i '/^\[main\]$/a max_parallel_downloads=20' /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

sudo dnf install -y vim-enhanced nano bat git wget curl axel zstd bash-completion ncdu btop htop nmon tmux fuse-sshfs waypipe

5.1 Set up an SSH key for the current user

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -a 100 -N "" -f ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 -q

5.2 Fix Fractional Scaling for waypipe (if needed)

If fractional scaling is not working, add the following workaround:

tee ~/.wlsgconfig > /dev/null << EOF
[system-distro-env]
WESTON_RDP_DISABLE_FRACTIONAL_HI_DPI_SCALING=false
WESTON_RDP_DEBUG_DESKTOP_SCALING_FACTOR=175
EOF

6. Reboot or close all running WSL instances if Waypipe still has issues

wsl --shutdown