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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by riezebos on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:35AM (#28467567)
That's not completely true, while WSL doesn't help Windows GUI apps to be more cross-platform, it does help Linux GUI apps to work on Windows[0]

So to refer back to the top comment we could say that Microsoft is proposing WSL as a cross-platform API for GUI apps.

[0] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-a...

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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by herbst on Thursday September 09, 2021 @04:54AM (#28467696)
The real bonus are the TUI apps tho. No idea what Windows users did all the years without proper command line commands, now if they include a proper shell they could really make a dent in the Linux desktop stats
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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by dalmo3 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @06:19AM (#28468147)
W11 only, sadly.
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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by riezebos on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:14AM (#28468441)
Hmm, you're right, I didn't see that part. It seems their original plans[0] have changed...

[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/the-initial-previ...

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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by TeMPOraL on Thursday September 09, 2021 @06:55AM (#28468342)
The parent's link? Maybe. But I guess this only means that W11 ships with an X server, right?

On Windows 10, you just need to install your own X server. I'm using VcXsrv with great success to use GUI software running on WSL1.

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Re:The web is swallowing the desktop whole (2017) by dalmo3 on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:01AM (#28468378)
Ah, yes of course. I use it too :)
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