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My Ubuntu VM hasn't been spun up since I started using WSL. I've encountered a few bugs with WSL but it works amazingly well even for GUI apps.
by wvenable 10y ago
My Ubuntu VM hasn't been spun up since I started using WSL. I've encountered a few bugs with WSL but it works amazingly well even for GUI apps.
- Philipp__ 10y agoI didn't like Ubuntu even back then when Linux was my main workspace. Used Gentoo and Arch most of the time, Ubuntu felt like too much everything for my taste. Is it possible to use other Linux distros through WSL?
- my123 10y agoyes, an Arch port to WSL was written
- pritambaral 10y ago> it works amazingly well even for GUI apps. Could you elaborate on how you run GUI apps? Is it through some Xorg compiled for Windows? Can you use hardware-assisted OpenGL from WSL?
- petecox 10y agoThe Darling FAQ mentions it's Linux-only and that a BSD port would be plausible but a Windows version would take a lot more effort. So I'm wondering how much of the software requires 'Linux' per se or rather just relies on a GNUserspace such as Ubuntu. It might be an interesting test case of WSL compatibility for Canonical/MS programmers to get this working. (although wasn't MS working on some sort of iOS bridge for WP10, in the case of Darwin-based programs?)