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Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by CraftingLinks » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:39 PM UTC

I just might switch to linux instead.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by wvenable » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:39 PM UTC

That seems like a very complex architecture. RDP client and server? That seems like a strange approach for a single machine solution.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:41 PM UTC

wvenable wrote: post #22

That seems like a very complex architecture. RDP client and server? That seems like a strange approach for a single machine solution.

Ironic statement considering how X was designed to work.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by cogman10 » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:41 PM UTC

wvenable wrote: post #22

That seems like a very complex architecture. RDP client and server? That seems like a strange approach for a single machine solution.

It's because WSL2 abandoned the initial goals of WSL1 and just did a VM instead.

I wish MS continued evolving WSL1 instead of doing the VM approach but c'est la vie.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by nwatson » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:42 PM UTC

mathnode wrote: post #6

For those that don't know, this will only be available in Windows 11, see https://github.com/microsoft/wslg/issues/347#issuecomment-87...

Yeah bummer. My old Windows machine won't be upgradable to Windows 11 ... interestingly I was able to install the Windows 11 preview and even get the WSL2 update with the integrated X11/GUI and it worked great. However I was notified I couldn't upgrade to official build and the only recourse was to re-install Windows 10.

I'll need to revert to one of the available X11 servers but I wiped out the old configuration and it's kinda painful to automatically set $DISPLAY and also get Norton Firewall to play along.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by josteink » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:45 PM UTC

lowtto wrote: post #11

WSL2 is essentially just.. Windows + Linux. I tried it and it is awesome. Cannot wait to see further progress that comes out of this. I really cannot leave Windows to be honest. The network effect is too strong. Coupled with recent Microsoft effort such as Visual Code, its looking like they are doing nothing but going towards the better direction than the old days. Who would have thought. Would you believe it if anyo…

> Coupled with recent Microsoft effort such as Visual Code

Which is officially supported on Linux.

There might be reasons to run Windows, but this is not one :)

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by markus_zhang » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:45 PM UTC

avodonosov wrote: post #13

I already asked this in the past, and want to ask again. Is Microsoft a corporation of goodness now?

Please define what is good.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by judge2020 » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:45 PM UTC

shpongled wrote: post #10

Will I be able to use i3?

This will be available in Windows 11, so your processor does have to be able to upgrade to that. If you're fine with an OS reinstall there are ways to force the install.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by burkaman » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:45 PM UTC

avodonosov wrote: post #13

I already asked this in the past, and want to ask again. Is Microsoft a corporation of goodness now?

Microsoft is a group of 180,000 people, it's too big to be classified like that. A small subset of them are making this cool thing, and you can debate whether or not their intentions are good, but that's about as far as you can go in making a broad moral judgement.

Re: Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Post by edgyquant » Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 8:46 PM UTC

cogman10 wrote: post #24

wvenable wrote: post #22

That seems like a very complex architecture. RDP client and server? That seems like a strange approach for a single machine solution.

It's because WSL2 abandoned the initial goals of WSL1 and just did a VM instead. I wish MS continued evolving WSL1 instead of doing the VM approach but c'est la vie.

>I wish MS continued evolving WSL1

I do too but only from a techy POV. I think it was awesome they expanded their old posix apis into a drop in linux replacement and wish it could have continued being expanded.