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In that vein, wouldn’t WSL then allow Linux software to run on Windows?
by mynameisvlad 4y ago
In that vein, wouldn’t WSL then allow Linux software to run on Windows?
- kwhitefoot 4y agoI don't know why you were downvoted because it's a perfectly reasonable question. The answer is not really, or rather the last time I tried it wasn't easy to get X windows running properly so you were stuck with just terminal based programs but that was a couple of years ago. Now I have switched entirely to Linux I'll have to leave it to others to describe the current state of affairs with WSL and X windows
- mynameisvlad 4y agoI haven't used it, but in theory it seems to be fully supported, with screenshots in the help article showing several apps running, and instructions (however short) laid out for various apps like Gedit, GIMP, Chrome, even Nautilus: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-... It seems to be as easy as installing a driver and then... installing the apps in the distro. That makes it even easier than Wine IMO. To me, it seemed perfectly reasonable to call it the Windows equivalent to Wine but :shrug: