WSL-GUI

Run WSL with GUI

Installtion steps：

** Please check all code in this repository to make sure it is safe. **

1. Install Cygwin on Windows.
2. Install xlaunch(will include xserver) in Cygwin setup programing.
3. Copy all files from windows directory to somewhere on Windows.
4. Install terminator in WSL.
5. Copy start_terminator from root directory to root directory in WSL.
6. Replace 'libook' to your WSL username in start_terminator.

Run WSL with GUI:

1. Double click config.xlaunch and then make sure there is an icon of X Server on your tray area. (You can add a shortcut of this file into the Startup folder which is in Start menu to let it run on each startup)
2. Double click WSL.lnk.

And then, you can see a GUI of terminator. Just run any software in terminator, you will see the GUI if there is one.

Tested usage:

For IDEs of JetBrains:

You can just install Linux version IDE in WSL, as you did in normal Linux distributions. And run IDE from terminator. Then you can see the GUI.

Troubleshooting:

You can manually start PowerShell , and run wsl to enter WSL environment. Then you can manually run /root/start_terminator and check if there is any error message.