Public bug reported:
Ubuntu Desktop Installer (UDI, for short) package implementing the WSL
OOBE has been ported to Windows and the WSL application is able to
launch the OOBE running as a native Win32 application, instead of
relying on WSLg to display the OOBE.
That implies in the possibility of replacing UDI by Subiquity snap,
which results in a smaller rootfs image (besides an enhanced experience
due native rendering on graphics - instead of depending on RDP as it is
currently with the OOBE running inside Ubuntu).
Fixing this would require:
- replace UDI by Subiquity snaps in the WSL seed;
- updating the wsl-setup package to the latest upstream (which is able to mount
and launch Subiquity from its snap) LP: #1990426 .
Following the approach above won't have effects outside of WSL.
Kinetic being not an LTS is a good release to receive the fix for this
first, as it affects a small audience of Ubuntu WSL community, giving us
time to learn from them before backporting this to Jammy early next
cycle.
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1990526
Title:
[FFe] UDI snap no longer strictly needed for WSL OOBE
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Ubuntu Desktop Installer (UDI, for short) package implementing the WSL
OOBE has been ported to Windows and the WSL application is able to
launch the OOBE running as a native Win32 application, instead of
relying on WSLg to display the OOBE.
That implies in the possibility of replacing UDI by Subiquity snap,
which results in a smaller rootfs image (besides an enhanced
experience due native rendering on graphics - instead of depending on
RDP as it is currently with the OOBE running inside Ubuntu).
Fixing this would require:
- replace UDI by Subiquity snaps in the WSL seed;
- updating the wsl-setup package to the latest upstream (which is able to
mount and launch Subiquity from its snap) LP: #1990426 .
Following the approach above won't have effects outside of WSL.
Kinetic being not an LTS is a good release to receive the fix for this
first, as it affects a small audience of Ubuntu WSL community, giving
us time to learn from them before backporting this to Jammy early next
cycle.
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