Shortcomings of Kali installed on Windows10 through WSL2
Code:
abcd-wsl@DESKTOP-1:~$ uname -a
Linux DESKTOP-1 4.19.128-microsoft-standard #1 SMP Tue Jun 23 12:58:10 UTC 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux
abcd-wsl@DESKTOP-1:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Kali GNU/Linux Rolling"
NAME="Kali GNU/Linux"
ID=kali
VERSION="2020.2"
Shortcoming (1):
USB device plugged into computer is NOT passed-through to Kali.
Code:
$ dump1090-fa
Sun Sep 27 19:45:25 2020 EDT dump1090-fa 3.8.1 starting up. rtlsdr: no supported devices found.
Shortcoming (2):
Sytemd / service / init.d missing
Code:
$ sudo systemctl status dump1090-fa
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
$ sudo service dump1090-fa status
dump1090-fa: unrecognized service
$ sudo /etc/init.d/dump1090-fa status
sudo: /etc/init.d/dump1090-fa: command not found
Installed systemd by following script
DamionGans/ubuntu-wsl2-systemd-script
Shortcoming (3):
Both VM and WSL2 cannot coexist on same machine.
Type in the Windows Search bar Windows Features and following window will open. Check / Uncheck features as shown to switch between WSL2 and Oracle VM
- Containers
- HyperV
- Virtual Machine Platform
- Windows Hypervisor Platform