[WSL] Invalid distribution name: 'FedoraLinux-42'

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Hi, anyone knows how I can get Fedora WSL on Windows 11? It doesn’t seem to be available for me.

I tried following Fedora in Windows Subsystem for Linux :: Fedora Docs and I’m on most up to date Windows 11 afaik (I checked for updates).

Logs:

PS C:\Users\Admin> wsl --install FedoraLinux-42
Invalid distribution name: 'FedoraLinux-42'.
To get a list of valid distributions, use 'wsl.exe --list --online'.
Error code: Wsl/InstallDistro/WSL_E_DISTRO_NOT_FOUND
PS C:\Users\Admin> wsl -l -o
The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
Install using 'wsl.exe --install <Distro>'.

NAME                            FRIENDLY NAME
Ubuntu                          Ubuntu
Debian                          Debian GNU/Linux
kali-linux                      Kali Linux Rolling
Ubuntu-18.04                    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu-20.04                    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu-22.04                    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu-24.04                    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
OracleLinux_7_9                 Oracle Linux 7.9
OracleLinux_8_7                 Oracle Linux 8.7
OracleLinux_9_1                 Oracle Linux 9.1
openSUSE-Leap-15.6              openSUSE Leap 15.6
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP5    SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5
SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP6    SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6
openSUSE-Tumbleweed             openSUSE Tumbleweed
PS C:\Users\Admin> wsl -v
WSL version: 2.3.26.0
Kernel version: 5.15.167.4-1
WSLg version: 1.0.65
MSRDC version: 1.2.5620
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.26100.1-240331-1435.ge-release
Windows version: 10.0.26100.3915
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Running wsl --update fixed it.

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