Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with GUI apps, launches for Windows 10 and 11 users

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The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), one of the best reasons to run Windows 11, is now available to Windows 10 users, in the latest version and with all its features. WSL dropped its “preview” label with this 1.0 release, and aims to simplify its installation from here on out.

Loewen noted that the “WSL community’s requests” drove Microsoft to make the latest, GUI-ready framework version available to Windows 10 users. Now a Store installation is the default, even if you use the command line (PowerShell) to install and update WSL. Now anyone whose system is capable of running WSL has access to graphical apps and (optional) systemd support, and can hopefully spend less time wondering which WSL version they have, what they need, and what the differences are.

See https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/windows-subsystem-for-linux-with-gui-apps-launches-for-windows-10/

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source https://gadgeteer.co.za/windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl-with-gui-apps-launches-for-windows-10-and-11-users/