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		WorldMaker 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source The files, including and especially the distro files, `wsl install` installs still originate from the Store's CDN, so the truly paranoid that distrust the Store (including some corporate environments) and just entirely block Store CDN access at the DNS and/or firewall level still break WSL installs.

kcb 8 months ago [–]

There's a --web-download argument which helped with issues when I had limited access to the store.

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