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You can actually run X11 apps in WSL, you just need a Windows X11 server running and the right environment variables for WSL apps to find it. You can waste time
by rhinoceraptor 8y ago
You can actually run X11 apps in WSL, you just need a Windows X11 server running and the right environment variables for WSL apps to find it. You can waste time running glxgears, xeyes and xclock "natively" on Windows!
I use VcXsrv and gnome-terminal since I do all my development in tmux/vim/zsh and the default WSL terminal is really bad. I made a shortcut that calls 'bash.exe -c "DISPLAY=:0 gnome-terminal"'.
I assume this would also work for konsole/terminator/etc. if you prefer those.
- teekert 8y agoOh, very nice, thanx for sharing.