kWSL
KDE Neon 6.0 installer for WSL1 or WSL2. (by DesktopECHO)
xWSL
Installer script for Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 with XFCE 4.18 desktop in WSL. Does not require hypervisor, container, or X11 server. (by DesktopECHO)
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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
xWSL
Posts with mentions or reviews of xWSL.
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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Why does "sudo apt reinstall bash" cause dpkg i/o error on WSL1?
Not seeing this in xWSL (Ubuntu 22.04)
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Install Linux Distro GUI ?
Follow this: https://github.com/DesktopECHO/xWSL
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Unable to get wsl/Ubuntu to work
You should be able to install xWSL at the very least. If it spits out an error let me know or post your issue to the project's GitHub issues page.
- Installing Ubuntu
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WSL GUI apps on Ryzen APU (5600G)
Foliate looks to work fine in xWSL if you download the non-Snap package from the Foliate PPA.
- Use Ubuntu as a GUI interface in windows 11.
- Full install procedure from Powershell?
- Using WSL as a full-fletched Linux
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Unable to download or open any WSL Ubuntu package on my laptop
Try this: Script to NetInstall Ubuntu 20.04, xRDP, and XFCE 4.16 on WSL (Version 1 or 2)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kWSL and xWSL you can also consider the following projects:
Pi-Hole-for-WSL1 - Ad-blocking DNS server for Windows • Unbound pre-configured • Deployment ready in minutes • Does not require hypervisor/docker
docker-headless-vnc-container - Collection of Docker images with headless VNC environments
wslu - A collection of utilities for Windows Subsystem for Linux
LiteStep - LiteStep Alternative Shell
docker-systemctl-replacement - docker systemctl replacement - allows to deploy to systemd-controlled containers without starting an actual systemd daemon (e.g. centos7, ubuntu16)
cairoshell - Cairo is a customizable, intuitive desktop environment for Windows.
Kali-xRDP - Kali xRDP Remote Desktop for WSL1 & WSL2
WSL - Issues found on WSL