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Surface WSL and Dev Containers in the Remote picker #8251

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bhavyaus opened this issue Mar 23, 2023 · 5 comments
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Surface WSL and Dev Containers in the Remote picker #8251

bhavyaus opened this issue Mar 23, 2023 · 5 comments
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Related: microsoft/vscode#173396
WSL extension requires additional contexts before enable this for the remote picker.
The current experience for creating new connection for WSL without the necessary dependencies is a mix of user interactions inside and out of vscode which can break a new user's flow (WSL needs a distro install and redirects users via notifications to the distro downloads page.). There is an opportunity here to clean up the WSL getting started experience.

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aeschli commented Mar 24, 2023

I will work on making the install experience more streamlined, but I think we should add the connect to Connect to WSL command nevertheless. The complicated flow will be a one-time thing until all is set up.

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I agree- adding it and then continuing to refine it over time makes sense to me too. It's a great way to continuing broadening the awareness of WSL.

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bhavyaus commented Mar 24, 2023

Sounds good. I'll have this our next week to enable in insiders after end-game. It requires a small code change to check for supportedPlatform (Windows)

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aeschli commented Apr 11, 2023

The Add Distro command now can install a distro

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aeschli commented May 15, 2023

Connect to WSL is now in the Connect to... quick pick

@aeschli aeschli closed this as completed May 15, 2023
@bhavyaus bhavyaus changed the title Surface WSL in the Remote picker Surface WSL and Dev Containers in the Remote picker May 28, 2023
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