From e1b3844dfa62656cea96f2050e71b89d75f017a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sabarish Rajamohan <50691454+sabarish98@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 21:06:15 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] [deploy] Updated minimum requirements for local installation on Windows (#10513) * Updated minimum requirements for local installation on Windows * Added reference links to WSL 2 support in docs --- docs/installation/windows.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/installation/windows.md b/docs/installation/windows.md index 6889f7862..2617ec9c5 100644 --- a/docs/installation/windows.md +++ b/docs/installation/windows.md @@ -7,8 +7,18 @@ title: Windows ## Installing prerequisites These prerequisites assume you're working on a `64-bit Windows 10` operating -system machine updated to _version 2004, Build 19041_ or _higher_. To check your -Windows version, press `Win Logo key` + `R`, type `winver`, then click OK. +system machine + +- updated to _version 1903, Build 18362_ or _higher_ for **x64 system** +- updated to _version 2004, Build 19041_ or _higher_ for **ARM64 system** + +For further information regarding system requirements, head over to the +[Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#requirements) +or +[Microsoft's blog on extending WSL 2 Support](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wsl-2-support-is-coming-to-windows-10-versions-1903-and-1909/). + +To check your Windows version, press `Win Logo key` + `R`, type `winver`, then +click OK. There are other ways to get Forem running on lower versions, but we recommend a complete WSL 2 installation.