kWSL
KDE Neon 6.0 installer for WSL1 or WSL2. (by DesktopECHO)
cairoshell
Cairo is a customizable, intuitive desktop environment for Windows. (by cairoshell)
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| kWSL | cairoshell | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 9 | |
| 145 | 2,445 | |
| - | 0.7% | |
| 6.6 | 6.5 | |
| 5 days ago | 6 days ago | |
| Batchfile | C# | |
| - | Apache License 2.0 |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
kWSL
Posts with mentions or reviews of kWSL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-28.
- XRDP with H.264 codec brings immense performance boost
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Easiest way for a Ubuntu desktop interface
Check this out https://github.com/DesktopECHO/kWSL
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Running a GUI from a remote server on WSL.
If you want to try another method for remote access, you could install kWSL (KDE Neon) and enable Chrome Remote Desktop, which is pre-installed.
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WSL1 STOP Error in Windows 11 (MEMORY_MANAGEMENT)
In Windows 11 on WSL1 - I can run kWSL for seconds (or hours) at a time but Windows 11 inevitably throws a G/BSOD. I suspect one of the Oibaf packages was provoking the bugcheck but I never got too far troubleshooting it.
- What has been your experience with alternative shells?
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How To Install Ubuntu On Windows Using Windows Subsystem for Linux (Windows Features)
Ubuntu 20.04 + XFCE 4.16 KDE Neon 5.22 Kali-xRDP
cairoshell
Posts with mentions or reviews of cairoshell.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-11.
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Fix Windows Update on Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 2003, and 2000
https://github.com/cairoshell/cairoshell
- Is there a way to make the windows start menu textual...something like this
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AYANEO will have their own OS called "AYANEO OS" based on Linux
Well I mean I think you can kill explorer.exe and use your custom ui (see cairo shell) but you can't completely rewrite compositor and add functionality to it
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Alright, when I'm about to show something to my mom, they're gonna show: *Hot milfs 3 miles away*
Look Yourself
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Is it possible through a third party app or registry edit to move only the notification area to the top but keep the taskbar/start menu at the bottom?
https://github.com/cairoshell/cairoshell you could try this
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Open source desktop applications list
Cairo Shell is not really a "desktop app" and more of a "desktop" in itself.
- What has been your experience with alternative shells?
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It seems like Hyper-V Server 2019 will be the last free hypervisor from Microsoft
This makes sense in both small and medium sized operations and can save quite a bit of money. Zero licensing costs, ease of administration, ease of backup, DR options from replication. You can even add a thin desktop layer with something like Cairo Desktop Environment to allow local management.
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Pre installed software would be banned under antitrust package
And what does 'pre-installed' software mean? Windows Explorer (the start menu is part of this) is pre-installed and not core to the operating system, and third party solutions work (https://github.com/cairoshell/cairoshell for instance) - does the OS boot into nothing? Same goes with the default shell in Android
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kWSL and cairoshell you can also consider the following projects:
xWSL - Installer script for Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 with XFCE 4.18 desktop in WSL. Does not require hypervisor, container, or X11 server.
Windows-Auto-Night-Mode - Automatically switches between the dark and light theme of Windows 10 and Windows 11