WSL: Always Specify the Distro Version When Installing

The distros on my WSL courtesy of running wsl -l -v from PowerShell are as follows:

  NAME                   STATE           VERSION

* Ubuntu                 Running         2 
  docker-desktop         Stopped         2 
  docker-desktop-data    Stopped         2

I know from experience that the named Ubuntu is actually: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish). It would be helpful if the distro name actually contained information such as the version 22.04.

When I installed a few years ago, I used the following command, where the name Ubuntu means “install the latest distro”:

wsl --install -d Ubuntu

The problem with this generic/latest approach is that the distro is simply named Ubuntu. 

It makes more sense to install the distro by specifying the version, such as:

wsl --install -d Ubuntu-22.04
wsl --install -d Ubuntu-24.04

Running wsl -l -v again from PowerShell shows the distros with their version numbers:

  NAME                   STATE           VERSION
* docker-desktop         Stopped         2
  Ubuntu-22.04           Stopped         2
  docker-desktop-data    Stopped         2
  Ubuntu-24.04           Running         2

QED: Quod Erat Demonstrandum