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Windows 10: Install SuSE Linux Enterprise - SLES

With Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux feature enabled, we can install Linux distributions on Windows 10.

Let's install SuSE Enterprise Server (SLES) on Windows 10.

There is a free course Introduction to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) at openSAP.com.

Join this free online course to get an introduction to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). You’ll see an overview and installation of SLES, filesystem and identity, software and network management, and storage administration and shells.

Open Windows Store and search for Linux and click SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to install.




Update on January 8th, 2019

You can choose SLES 12 or SLES 15 to install.

Windows Store: search for SUSE Linux

Optional step: Register free SLES Subscription at https://www.suse.com/subscriptions/sles/developer/
Check SLES version
SLES: Check version - cat /etc/os-release
SLES: Check version - cat /etc/os-release
cat /etc/SuSE-release
cat /etc/os-release
SLES 15

Screenshots install SLES 15 SP1 on Windows 10 1903

Export, import SLES on Windows 10 WSL

PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl -l -v
* kali-linux                             Stopped         2
  SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP2    Stopped         2
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl --export SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP2 e:\wsl\sles15sp2.tar.gz
PS C:\Users\tuyen> Remove-AppxPackage -Package (Get-AppxPackage -Name *SUSELinuxEnterprise*)
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl -l -v
  NAME          STATE           VERSION
* kali-linux    Stopped         2
PS C:\Users\tuyen> gci e:\wsl
    Directory: E:\wsl
Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d-----         9/20/2020   7:23 PM                kali-linux
-a----         3/30/2021   8:12 AM      544235520 sles15sp2.tar.gz
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl --import sles15-1 E:\wsl\sles15-1 E:\wsl\sles15sp2.tar.gz
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl --import sles15-2 E:\wsl\sles15-2 E:\wsl\sles15sp2.tar.gz
PS C:\Users\tuyen> wsl -l -v
  NAME          STATE           VERSION
* kali-linux    Stopped         2
  sles15-1      Stopped         2
  sles15-2      Stopped         2  
PS C:\Users\tuyen>



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