Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI

Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI by reilly3000 on Friday September 10, 2021 @06:41PM (#28487699)

I was looking into this further because it’s sort of impacting my dual-boot workflow. I have ext4 media drives on Linux that aren’t viewable or readable from Windows, but Linux can at least read the NTFS drive. The third parties I’ve tried in the past for making Ext4 readable in Windows File Explorer have some sketchy security concerns and/or missing Win10 support.

It looks like using the method described in the link below it’s now possible to mount ext4 drives via WSL2 and even browse them in File Explorer:

https://superuser.com/a/1630438

It’s not clear if they are also writable or not, I’m off to try it!

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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI by AkshitGarg on Saturday September 11, 2021 @12:57AM (#28489533)

You can use WSL to mount ext4 and other filesystems supported in linux.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-mount-disk

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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI by reilly3000 on Friday September 10, 2021 @08:12PM (#28488262)

So far no good. That feature was a preview release that required insider builds, which require enabling telemetry that sends, among other things, "information about websites you browse, apps and features you use..." Moreover, I'm not able to use Windows 11 which has the feature because of my AMD Threadripper 1950X processor.

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Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI by sharken on Saturday September 11, 2021 @05:22AM (#28490587)

I wonder if disabling telemetry works on the insider builds.

There is a guide here:

https://medium.com/geekculture/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-s...

However waiting for 21H2 is probably a lot easier.

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