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Things that require a GUI require you to have a separate X server running. WSL, as far as I know, does not support running X11. However, if you do have a Window

Things that require a GUI require you to have a separate X server running. WSL, as far as I know, does not support running X11. However, if you do have a Windows native X11 server running (like xming, for example) things like emacs and gvim seem to work. I haven't tried anything more intensive than those, though.

112233 10y ago
youtube in firefox played ok.
daenney 10y ago
> Things that require a GUI require you to have a separate X server running. WSL, as far as I know, does not support running X11. They mention X/GUI support in the "What's new in Bash/WSL" article[1]. > Note: Some of you may also have been following along with some intrepid explorations into running X/GUI apps and desktops on WSL. While we don’t explicitly support X/GUI apps/desktops on WSL, we don’t do anything to block/prevent them from running. So if you manage to get your favorite editor, desktop, browser, etc. running, GREAT but know that we are still focusing all our efforts on delivering a really solid command-line experience, running all the command-line developer tools you need. [1]: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/04/11/windows-10-creators-update-whats-new-in-bashwsl-windows-console/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/04/11/wind...