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Weren't there X11 systems for windows for a long time?

• deleted 5y ago
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• tyingq 5y ago
  Yes, though out of the box functional wayland, gpu acceleration, and pulse audio is new. You're right, though, that the article is a bit awkward in not acknowledging that most people were already using VcXsrv or similar on the Windows side to run Linux gui apps.
  • chx 5y ago
    > most people were already using VcXsrv or similar the devil is in the details and the painful truth is none of that works real well. I am using JetBrains Projector instead which would be great if two super annoying bugs were fixed. Meaning that doesn't work well either -- for now. Maybe it will, maybe X+VNC will someday be great in a Windows VM -- but I have much larger confidence in Microsoft driving this to greatness.
    • tyingq 5y ago
      Oh, I agree. It's just that the article reads as if everyone is using WSL only for text based apps today. I was initially confused by that.