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WSL+X410 is an amazing combo. I have every linux desktop app I want at my finger tips, with a functional and superior to cygwin/msys shell. And with WSL's impo

WSL+X410 is an amazing combo. I have every linux desktop app I want at my finger tips, with a functional and superior to cygwin/msys shell. And with WSL's import feature I have trivially replicated this WSL environment to all of my machines. Yes, it's won me over.

quotemstr 7y ago
I still prefer Cygwin. I can't make a WSL program that is also a win32 program and that has a native win32 GUI. With Cygwin, I can. If I want a sandboxed VM, I can get a sandboxed VM using a number of different technologies, of which WSL is merely one.
- 1996 7y ago
  Can you post a link to a hello-world like example of how you make a win32 program that has a native win32 gui with Cygwin?
- dleslie 7y ago
  You can cross-compile Windows apps under WSL, as well.
ryukafalz 7y ago
>I have every linux desktop app I want at my finger tips Oh huh, are you running an X server for this? And if so, does GPU acceleration work for Linux apps?
- ska 7y ago
  That's what X410 is for; not sure what the status of GPU support is.
  - ryukafalz 7y ago
    Ah, whoops! Sorry, I read that and thought you were talking about a ThinkPad model at first.
  - extradego 7y ago
    GPU support is non-existent, unfortunately. It would truly be amazing if that changed because I agree that X410 is excellent. I think I had to add a creative snippet to my .bashrc to set the DISPLAY ip on WSL2, but it could not be easier to use other than that.
gshulegaard 7y ago
Lack of virtualization and container support within the WSL was a major blocker for me, has this been resolved?
- Lendal 7y ago
  WSL2 offers Docker support. It will be included in the next update of Windows. Many people are using it now but I don't have time to mess with beta software. I am exercising my patience.
  - m_mueller 7y ago
    I'm also a bit disappointed it doesn't bridge the host network like WSL1. It's nice there that I can just run something and access it on local host - it even works together with docker-for-windows, the docker CLI client being in WSL.
    - DuskStar 7y ago
      I believe that recent(ish) builds of Windows, webservers running in WSL can be accessed from Windows via localhost:port, just like with WSL 1. [0] Accessing servers running on the Windows side from WSL is a fair bit harder, but IMO also a lot less likely. 0: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-ux-changes#accessing-linux-applications-from-windows https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-ux-changes...
      - m_mueller 7y ago
        Oh that's great news. Thanks!
    - battery_cowboy 7y ago
      Everything is transparent to me, it's like I'm working in Linux when I use vscode and wsl2 together. There is still the issue with dbus, but you can get a script that replaces sysctl to her things running again. Edit: to be specific, I can access local servers on wsl2 from windows, I don't even use an xserver.
nailer 7y ago
Link: https://x410.dev/ https://x410.dev/
fovc 7y ago
How does X410 compare to vcxsrv?

quotemstr 7y ago

I still prefer Cygwin. I can't make a WSL program that is also a win32 program and that has a native win32 GUI. With Cygwin, I can. If I want a sandboxed VM, I can get a sandboxed VM using a number of different technologies, of which WSL is merely one.

1996 7y ago
Can you post a link to a hello-world like example of how you make a win32 program that has a native win32 gui with Cygwin?
dleslie 7y ago
You can cross-compile Windows apps under WSL, as well.

ryukafalz 7y ago

>I have every linux desktop app I want at my finger tips Oh huh, are you running an X server for this? And if so, does GPU acceleration work for Linux apps?

ska 7y ago
That's what X410 is for; not sure what the status of GPU support is.
- ryukafalz 7y ago
  Ah, whoops! Sorry, I read that and thought you were talking about a ThinkPad model at first.
- extradego 7y ago
  GPU support is non-existent, unfortunately. It would truly be amazing if that changed because I agree that X410 is excellent. I think I had to add a creative snippet to my .bashrc to set the DISPLAY ip on WSL2, but it could not be easier to use other than that.

gshulegaard 7y ago

Lack of virtualization and container support within the WSL was a major blocker for me, has this been resolved?

Lendal 7y ago
WSL2 offers Docker support. It will be included in the next update of Windows. Many people are using it now but I don't have time to mess with beta software. I am exercising my patience.
- m_mueller 7y ago
  I'm also a bit disappointed it doesn't bridge the host network like WSL1. It's nice there that I can just run something and access it on local host - it even works together with docker-for-windows, the docker CLI client being in WSL.
  - DuskStar 7y ago
    I believe that recent(ish) builds of Windows, webservers running in WSL can be accessed from Windows via localhost:port, just like with WSL 1. [0] Accessing servers running on the Windows side from WSL is a fair bit harder, but IMO also a lot less likely. 0: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-ux-changes#accessing-linux-applications-from-windows https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-ux-changes...
    - m_mueller 7y ago
      Oh that's great news. Thanks!
  - battery_cowboy 7y ago
    Everything is transparent to me, it's like I'm working in Linux when I use vscode and wsl2 together. There is still the issue with dbus, but you can get a script that replaces sysctl to her things running again. Edit: to be specific, I can access local servers on wsl2 from windows, I don't even use an xserver.

nailer 7y ago

Link: https://x410.dev/ https://x410.dev/

fovc 7y ago

How does X410 compare to vcxsrv?