Windows Subsystem for Linux Now Officially Supports Linux GUI Apps

May. 25, 2021

“We have added support for Linux GUI apps in WSL, which makes it possible to run your favorite Linux editors, tools, utilities, and applications [on Windows 10]. This will greatly improve your ability to build, test, debug and run Linux applications,”said Microsoft in anofficial blog post.

If you are eager to test out how well Linux apps run on your Windows PC, we already have a detailed guide on how to enable GUI support andrun Linux GUI apps on your Windows 10 PC. Go ahead and check out the linked article to use Linux apps without having to set up an X server each time.

Besides, Microsoft is now also making it possible for developers to run“Linux AI and Machine Learning scenarios directly inside of WSL.”That means data scientists would now be able to use your Windows 10 PC’s graphical processing unit (GPU) to trail their AI and ML models.