kWSL
KDE Neon 6.0 installer for WSL1 or WSL2. (by DesktopECHO)
wslu
A collection of utilities for Windows Subsystem for Linux (by wslutilities)
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| kWSL | wslu | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | 11 | |
| 145 | 3,207 | |
| - | 3.2% | |
| 6.6 | 6.9 | |
| 5 days ago | 19 days ago | |
| Batchfile | Shell | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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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
wslu
Posts with mentions or reviews of wslu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-19.
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How To Open HTML/Php or Any Other Web Files From WSL2 in Web Browser
I use this. https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu
- [WSL2] wslview won't open a file in a Windows partition if given full path but will open it if I cd to that file's directory
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Neofetch looks weird
take a look over here
- First time I ever paid for fedora
- WSL2+Emacs+VcXSrv open everything with native windows applications
- Using WSL on Windows Terminal: How can I open files on default program in Windows?
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Can I make an executable on my desktop that will run a script in my wsl?
I haven't tried it, but https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu has a feature that lets you create a shortcut on your desktop from WSL. Not sure if it's what you're looking for
- wslutilities/wslu - A collection of utilities for WSL
- wslu: A collection of utilities for Windows 10 Linux Subsystems
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Emacs script to launch WSL2 emacs directly from windows bar (hope usefull for someone)
WSL already has this feature built in, via wslu. The ubuntu image has it pre-installed, but other images don't.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kWSL and wslu 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.
Fedora-Remix-for-WSL - Fedora Remix for Windows Subsystem for Linux.