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I determine a topic-ness of a subject in two separate parts:

  • It's about Ubuntu or one of its derivatives or anything related to them (which is precisely the quote you mention in your question).
  • It's about an official Canonical product.

The second part is backed by the following text in the help center about the questions that we can ask about:

Questions that you may ask:

  • [...]
  • Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.
  • [...]

WSL falls in the second part, which is an official Canonical product. So I woulddo not vote to close as off-topic virtually anything regarding WSL. That also includes installing it on Windows. Whether it's better suited to be asked on a Windows-specific Q&A site is irrelevant in my opinion. Same reason as to why Ubuntu questions can valid on Ask Ubuntu and Unix & Linux. Same reason as to why Ubuntu questions can be valid on Ask Ubuntu and Unix & Linux.

This reasoning of mine falls back to when Canonical had the, now discontinued, cross-platform Ubuntu One sync product. Any questions about that product used to be on-topic such as How to install Ubuntu One Windows Beta on XP?.

I determine a topic-ness of a subject in two separate parts:

  • It's about Ubuntu or one of its derivatives or anything related to them (which is precisely the quote you mention in your question).
  • It's about an official Canonical product.

The second part is backed by the following text in the help center about the questions that we can ask about:

Questions that you may ask:

  • [...]
  • Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.
  • [...]

WSL falls in the second part, which is an official Canonical product. So I would not vote to close as off-topic virtually anything regarding WSL. That also includes installing it on Windows. Whether it's better suited to be asked on a Windows-specific Q&A site is irrelevant in my opinion. Same reason as to why Ubuntu questions can valid on Ask Ubuntu and Unix & Linux.

This reasoning of mine falls back to when Canonical had the, now discontinued, cross-platform Ubuntu One sync product. Any questions about that product used to be on-topic such as How to install Ubuntu One Windows Beta on XP?.

I determine a topic-ness of a subject in two separate parts:

  • It's about Ubuntu or one of its derivatives or anything related to them (which is precisely the quote you mention in your question).
  • It's about an official Canonical product.

The second part is backed by the following text in the help center about the questions that we can ask about:

Questions that you may ask:

  • [...]
  • Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.
  • [...]

WSL falls in the second part, which is an official Canonical product. So I do not vote to close as off-topic virtually anything regarding WSL. That also includes installing it on Windows. Whether it's better suited to be asked on a Windows-specific Q&A site is irrelevant in my opinion. Same reason as to why Ubuntu questions can be valid on Ask Ubuntu and Unix & Linux.

This reasoning of mine falls back to when Canonical had the, now discontinued, cross-platform Ubuntu One sync product. Any questions about that product used to be on-topic such as How to install Ubuntu One Windows Beta on XP?.

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Dan
Dan
  • 13.5k
  • 25
  • 47

I determine a topic-ness of a subject in two separate parts:

  • It's about Ubuntu or one of its derivatives or anything related to them (which is precisely the quote you mention in your question).
  • It's about an official Canonical product.

The second part is backed by the following text in the help center about the questions that we can ask about:

Questions that you may ask:

  • [...]
  • Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.
  • [...]

WSL falls in the second part, which is an official Canonical product. So I would not vote to close as off-topic virtually anything regarding WSL. That also includes installing it on Windows. Whether it's better suited to be asked on a Windows-specific Q&A site is irrelevant in my opinion. Same reason as to why Ubuntu questions can valid on Ask Ubuntu and Unix & Linux.

This reasoning of mine falls back to when Canonical had the, now discontinued, cross-platform Ubuntu One sync product. Any questions about that product used to be on-topic such as How to install Ubuntu One Windows Beta on XP?.