Re:WSL Getting GUI Support
by manigandham on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @11:17PM
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As stated, WSL2 is a full Linux VM. It's a real Linux kernel which means you have 100% compatibility for all Linux tools instead of workaround Cygwin.
Also the filesystem access is shared. That's why WSL is a separate thing, otherwise you could always just run a VM yourself. WSL lets you easily browse files, operate on the same files, and even call processes and pipe results across both sides.
Also the filesystem access is shared. That's why WSL is a separate thing, otherwise you could always just run a VM yourself. WSL lets you easily browse files, operate on the same files, and even call processes and pipe results across both sides.