[Discuss] GUI apps in WSL 2

Bill Ricker bill.n1vux at gmail.com
Sat Apr 24 14:14:20 EDT 2021


On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 2:01 PM Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:34:18 -0400
> Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'd have to read closely to see what's different now.
>
> What's different in a nutshell is that the upcoming WSL 2 kernel VM
> includes the XWayland server, the Weston stack, Pulse Audio, and an RDP
> server to connect these to the Windows desktop. Full OpenGL
> acceleration, full audio I/O.


Ahh.  So makes it easier for most apps to run as if native. Mike did it the
hard way.
Thanks.


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