what version of WSL does 'wsl --install' install?

[catproof]

See title. It is unclear based off of the documentation I saw.

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[Agrover112]

"Install WSL | Microsoft Docs" https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

I think as per this it's for the newer kernel.

[catproof]

oh never mind, the documentation I linked actually says it is WSL 2. It should maybe list that as the title of the document. It just says 'Install WSL'. Should say 'Install WSL 2'.

[Agrover112]

Nice then I guess we close the issue then

[catproof]

well, there is still an issue with the documentation I would say. But i'll close this issue because I don't imagine anyone will bother changing something so minor.