> We currently have no plans to deprecate WSL 1. You can run WSL 1 and WSL 2 distros side by side, and can upgrade and downgrade any distro at any time.
I find it unlikely MS will keep it definitely, and with no continued development effort it will become less compatible with new Linux distros, and thus diminish in utility over time.
I'm guessing they will keep WSL1 around for backwards compatibility for some time, currently you can convert installations between WSL1 and WSL2.
LTSC 2019 contains the WSL and is supported until January 9, 2029
Isn't that short for "Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019"?
Am curious how an individual would get access to Windows 10 Enterprise.
One easy way is to sign up for MSDN.
I think that only gives you the 90-day trial versions, no?
If you're not averse to "sailing the high seas", so to speak, the ISOs are readily available online and don't require activation to be fully usable (as long as you're able to tolerate the Windows activation nag watermark and the lack of theme personalization, though I'm sure there are ways to "fix" both of those).