Windows Subsystem for Linux, Linux GUI application

Aim

• This article talks about 
• How to activate Window Subsystem for Linux(WSL).
• How to use linux gui application

Activate WSL

• Control panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off > Windows Subsystem for Linux

• Restart
• Install linux distribution from Windows store

• Launch and wait for installation finished

• After that you can use it as a normal linux as soon as you find any problem XD
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Use Linux gui applicaion - WSL2

• You need X server for those linux gui application
• Install xming and xming front
• If the font size is too small, you can add flag --dpi 108 -ac
• -ac : disable the access control






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• Install application that have gui for demo

sudo apt-get install git gitk git-core vim-gtk

• Point to X server

export DISPLAY=<IP to your windows host, example:192.168.1.10>:0

• Run demo application
• gvim

Use Linux gui applicaion - WSL

• You need X server for those linux gui application
• Install xming and xming front
• If the font size is too small, you can add flag --dpi 88






• Reference
• Install application that have gui for demo

sudo apt-get install git gitk git-core vim-gtk

• Point to X server

export DISPLAY=:0

• Run demo application
• gvim

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Mount drive on WSL

• Mount usb drive

mkdir /mnt/d
sudo mount -t drvfs d: /mnt/d

• Mount network drive

mkdir /mnt/share
sudo mount -t drvfs '\\192.168.0.101' /mnt/share

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Speed up WSL

• Disable real time protection, reference