Install Linux GUI apps on Windows 10

They are a option to do that but with docker constainer ?

Thanks guy, it works

I want to run dlt-viewer inside wsl 2, will this set up help with that? If so please let me know how to get dlt-viewer GUI in wsl

Did this become a Windows 11 exclusive feature?

Hey Chris if you get the chance can you revisit this and give us your take on how you like it or not

Anybody able to get Android Studio for linux running on WSLG?

Actually sounds like a really great thing!
Thanks for demonstrating it!

Where should I report? Icons do not work in the taskbar. They look awful.

maybe you're interested running ANY Windows-App seamlessly in Linux (just like WSL) currently it's the latest video on my channel.. I just added this comment bcz maybe the one with a direct link gets removed..

Yay my grandma can get her Gnome Mahjong!

Can you run the full desktop environment like gnome, kde, cinnamon, etc?

I hate turning on virtual machine platform. It makes virtual box (a program i use almost daily) unable to work.

Hey Chris. I never got this to work in the Windows preview even with a wsl --upgrade. I had to upgrade to Windows 11 unfortunately

@Chris Titus Tech, I know this is an old video, but I just upgraded to Windows 11 final release and wanted to use WSL. It seems as of this time, to get the Nvidia driver, you no longer need to sign up for a developer account to download the driver.

Hi there! Does any1 has any knowledge how to approach themeing wslg apps? I believe it should be done from command line point of view by applying gsettings commands after we download theme files? Anyone got any experience in that area?

"extend"

I wonder if wslg only avaliable on Windows 10 Cobalt and Windows 11 or they will port it to release version of current Windows 10

I tried it ... Yeah it was good ... but unfortunately it also break my VirtualBox 😢 because of the "Virtual Machine Platform" ... otherwise it is awesome ...

well all my time installing and configuring xlaunch is now wasted

Running Kdenlive on WSLg... Hoo boy that aged so well. Kdenlive is officially on the Microsoft Store and it's amazing.

Chris was wondering if Windows file and folder permissions can be bypassed via a Linux file explorer on WSLg? When Linux mounts a Windows drive, it ignores the user permissions on NTFS files and folders so that every file and folder can be accessed, copied, moved, deleted! Is the same true for Linux running over WSL or WSLg (except maybe files and folders that are locked in use)? Not that I'd want to, but is it possible to delete for example: c:\windows\system32 via a terminal or linux gui file explorer over WSL / WSLg?

one linux program l would want on windows is kde connect,

I wonder if this feature is coming to windows 10 users who can't upgrade to windows 11

i have used all 3 OS for software development, and Mac is the best.

is wslg be standart in Windows11 ?

Does WSLg have access to the graphics card? Can you game or perform GPU compute on it?

Fun fact: This was actually Windows 11 (branded as Win10 to avoid spoiling the upcoming win11 announcement)

You know it’s win11 because ALL win10 build numbers begin with a 1. This build as well as current builds of Win11 have build numbers that start with a 2.

isnt it really similar to what xming does just fine currently ?

Hey there. Great video!
Unfortunately, my WSLg doesn't seem to recognize my GPU. Programs like gimp and blender perform very poorly, as they run on the CPU. I had to resolve to the Windows versions. I did all the things you described in the video, like getting the dev version of the Nvidia CUDA drivers by registering, but it still doesn't want to use my 1070...
Currently running the Windows 11 insider preview that I got yesterday. Haven't tested it yet, it might have been fixed already, but I might have missed a step or some configuration is not cooperating...

I'm on insider, when I updated to wslg I got an issue that it only uses the half of my ram, I have 32gb total and it only shows 16gb in screenfetch and in task manager, I didn't ahve this issue before the update

On my system, everything ran great. Shutdown just fine but on starting the system back up, the OS just would not load. Blank loading screen. Seems to be a known issue with some WSL2 and even WSL1, resulting in issues.
Attempts to repair, system restore, uninstall updates were a bust. BSODs with critical structure corruption for the most part and Memory Management BSODs.
Looks like a fresh reinstall is needed. 🛠
This on an i7 9700K with 16 GB of Ram.

I remember having similar issue few years back when trying out on WSL 1 as well.
I was excited to try WSL and maybe drop VMware and Virtual Box… 😭

SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! Sorry about my late comment. Been watching Windows 11 Hype. I will not be moving to W11 until I buy a New Computer, maybe in 12 months time. Plan to run alongside W10 on my Current computer.

1. Implement WSL
2. Make a T2-like chip for Windows that makes it impossible to install Linux natively
3. Require all OEMs that ship Windows to include it
4. Linux community grabs pitchforks
5. "But why would you want to install Linux natively when you have WSL?"

The "Embrace, extend, extinguish" gang has come for Linux guys.

i can open applications but i can't open i3wm :(

Could i develope Vulkan or OpenGL application in WSLg?Is there GPU Drivers are compatible with it?

Its just easier and more straightforward to install a virtual machine on Windows and run your Linux distro inside it. Faster and more convenient because Windows doesn’t natively host a full blown Linux distro yet, just individual apps. But the potential for that to eventually happen is there.

WSL has to come to windows to make it run Android Apps....As Win 11 can run Android Apps...or do I miss something?

Windows is just crapware. End of story. Linux promotes free and open source thinking. If you want your mind controlled stay with Microcrap. You orobably don't know the difference anyways..

This is the best way to just piss absolutely everyone off, hilarious. I have no idea WHY you'd want to do this but it's neat..I guess lol

Is there a way to use a window manager or desktop environment?

Why not just use GWSL it has a native GUI no?

BSD - Blue screen of death is the main problem for me in Windows.

Meanwhile... windows 10 has used up your RAM checking for updates, scanning for viruses, and indexing files, and has started pagefiling on the hard drive, while the Linux Subsystem is using about 500 Mb. Could have just left windows out of it. Good video dude, as usual, but wow this is useless.

Question of the day... Why? Why would I bother to boot windows in the first place, when I have Linux?

sir wat is the difference between wine and wslg

I'm experimenting with Python and Conda in Wslg and so far it's working! Great stuff 👍

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