+1 on adding info on how to install Linux distributions with up-to-date 
binary packages of Sage to our installation guide. 
See https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/31485

(The updated installation guide, preview at 
https://6212659123a9467b3cb0cd07--sagemath-tobias.netlify.app/installation/index.html
 
already covers WSL but does not mention specific distributions.)

On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 10:11:40 AM UTC-8 fqgo...@colby.edu wrote:

> I don’t see archlinux in the Microsoft store.
>
> Fernando
>
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:05 AM Dima Pasechnik <dim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2022, 14:37 G. M.-S., <list...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, Samuel.
>>>
>>> I think it is a pity there is nothing more straightforward…
>>>
>>> But you will tell me (to look for somebody) to do it.
>>>
>>
>> some Linux distributions have pretty much up to date Sage binary packages.
>>
>> E.g. archlinux has Sage 9.5. Thus, having it installed as WSL2 (cf 
>> https://gist.github.com/ld100/3376435a4bb62ca0906b0cff9de4f94b)   should 
>> be getting you Sage 9.5 quite quickly.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Guillermo
>>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 at 15:28, slelievre <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The Cygwin-based Sage-Windows installer has not been released
>>>> for SageMath 9.4 or SageMath 9.5 yet.
>>>>
>>>> To get the latest version of Sage running on Windows, one option
>>>> is to activate Windows Subsystem for Linux (also known as WSL),
>>>> select WSL2, and install any Linux distribution there, then follow
>>>> the Linux installation guide.
>>>>
>>>  
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