WSL Getting GUI Support

Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by SweetestRug on Saturday September 26, 2020 @11:14AM (#24599408)

If this is an issue, try using Wayland instead of X11. I run PopOS on a similar setup and it works flawlessly under Wayland. Give PopOS a try, you won't be disappointed!

Edit: there was no configuration needed. I selected Wayland from the menu and it just worked right out of the box. No bells and whistles, just a great desktop experience.

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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by d3nj4l on Saturday September 26, 2020 @12:32PM (#24600008)

GGP here - I run Pop (20.04), too, but wayland doesn't work for me. As I've said earlier, it might be because of my laptop GPU.

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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by paulsmal on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:39PM (#24602730)

it is, once I install nvidia drivers I get no wayland support

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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by adsjhdashkj on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:13AM (#24607221)

What's the material advantage of Wayland? I've done a tiny bit of research on what it is, but not how it materially provides a better UX to the end users. Thoughts?

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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by adsjhdashkj on Saturday September 26, 2020 @11:15AM (#24599422)

I'll give it a look. Admittedly it doesn't sound attractive, because it sounds like the exact bells and whistles of configuration that i _don't_ want haha.

The longer i'm a software engineer the less energy i have for dealing with my OS, i guess.

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Re:WSL Getting GUI Support by stjohnswarts on Saturday September 26, 2020 @11:56AM (#24599713)

I never tried Pop OS, I might look into it as well since it's based off Ubuntu LTS, which I quite like. I'm too old for the rolling releases that change constantly. I've been using Ubuntu and Redhat for a long time now.

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