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I don't think it counts as Desktop Linux if its running in a CLI-only VM targeted at developers on a different host OS.
by ChocolateGod 2y ago
I don't think it counts as Desktop Linux if its running in a CLI-only VM targeted at developers on a different host OS.
- cassianoleal 2y agoIt works on GUI VMs as well. UTM makes it very easy to use. I agree it still doesn't help much with the desktop Linux bit though. :D
- pjmlp 2y agoIt may not count, but that is what you will get in most shopping malls as "Desktop Linux" for common folks. Even if you add Chromebooks as third option, Crostini runs in a VM just like WSL 2, and still has quite a few integration issues to this day. Netbooks could have been it, but first they were torpedoed with Microsoft's clever move to make Windows XP licenses free for those OEMs, followed by the introduction and wide adoptions of tablets. OEMs like Tuxedo or System 76 will remain a niche compared to how many people end up running GNU/Linux on desktop VMs. Before WSL I had long moved away from dual boot into VMWare Workstation.
- the8472 2y agoWSL runs GUIs too. And so did things like vmware and virtualbox for many years before it.