Article 5PDC0 Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

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Thom Holwerda
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WSLg is short for Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI and the purpose of the project is to enable support for running Linux GUI applications (X11 and Wayland) on Windows in a fully integrated desktop experience.

WSLg provides an integrated experience for developers, scientists or enthusiasts that prefer or need to run Windows on their PC but also need the ability to run tools or applications which works best, or exclusively, in a Linux environment. While users can accomplish this today using a multiple system setup, with individual PC dedicated to Windows and Linux, virtual machine hosting either Windows or Linux, or an XServer running on Windows and projected into WSL, WSLg provides a more integrated, user friendly and productive alternative.

WSLg will ship with Windows 11, but despite it being developed and tested on Windows 10, it won't become available for Windows 10 users, and is currently only accessible to users of Windows beta builds.

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