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Re:Windows 10 to offer Paint and WordPad as optional features by ISL on Saturday February 08, 2020 @12:27PM (#22276978)
Last I checked, I couldn't run any X apps under WSL.
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Re:Windows 10 to offer Paint and WordPad as optional features by austincummings on Saturday February 08, 2020 @12:34PM (#22277019)
You can, you just need an X server set up on Windows, and the DISPLAY variable configured.
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Re:Windows 10 to offer Paint and WordPad as optional features by ptrott2017 on Saturday February 08, 2020 @02:09PM (#22277684)
As ac said - use something like X410 for xserver in windows and in wsl set: export DISPLAY=:0

for other approaches see:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/993225/whats-the-easiest-way...

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Re:Windows 10 to offer Paint and WordPad as optional features by ISL on Saturday February 08, 2020 @02:27PM (#22277801)
Thanks!

I'll be very happy the day I can

  sudo apt install lyx gnuplot octave octave-forge darktable gimp fluxbox
on a windows box, and have my workplace spring to life, all dependencies handled.

I'm very glad to hear that wsl has a viable display export -- the next time I have occasion to use a Windows 10 box, I'll give it a try.

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