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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI by phendrenad2 on Friday September 10, 2021 @05:52PM (#28487313)
I think it's mostly a "because they can". WSL is a no-brainer because developers are used to Unix shells and most programming languages are Unix-first, Windows-maybe. But WSLg feels like a weird experiment with no purpose.
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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI by mainedotpy on Friday September 10, 2021 @06:47PM (#28487741)
This could very well be the case, but as someone who is just dipping a toe into programming, installing and using WSL2 knowing that I can fall back on GUI when I can't figure out bash is a feature for me.
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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI by hawtkey on Friday September 10, 2021 @09:36PM (#28488718)
I think the main target is ML applications that depend on GPU access and being able to run a WM is just a side-benefit.
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