The "Windows Server Installation Guide" links to "Manually download Windows Subsystem for Linux distro packages", which mentions several distributions that are officially provided: Debian, Kali, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora, and SLES
Since we have Debian and Slackware based distros at hand:
- Is it possible to use any distributions/tree other than those, such as Arch?
- Are there any downsides to not using the official distributions?
I am particularly interested in a way that avoids using the Windows Store, as it can be blocked by Group Policies.