With WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2), you can run Linux GUI and command line apps directly in Windows without using a full-size virtual machine. Although WSL2 itself can be considered a virtual machine, it is very light and optimized specifically to run the Linux kernel. As a result...
How to run perf on WSL2 This is heavily based on the comment of MondayCha. Tested with wsl2 Linux KernelDistributionis_working? 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 Ubuntu-22.04 [x] 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 Ubuntu-20.04 [x] tl;dr Windows dism.exe /online /enable-...
I have also the GUI running and the commands "wsl --set-default-version 2" and "wsl --set-version <distroname> 2" do not work, even when they are listed in "wsl --help". No one? It also doesn't run with no GUI running! I guess WSL2 is not meant to b...
I don't want access to the WSL1/2 distribution other than deleting it from Windows 10/11. (For example, changing the root account password of the distribution, accessing the distribution directory, etc.) For these, are the 3 methods below possible? Always request login when accessing ...
So, let's start with fulfilling the prerequisites of running GUI apps through your WSL instance. First of all, you need a version of Windows 10 that shouldn't be older than the one specified below. You need aWindows 10 Build 19044 or laterto be able to run GUI apps on WSL. ...
2. Install WSL and the default distribution using the command-line In WSL, the default distribution is Ubuntu (which can be changed). To install, open Powershell as an administrator. For this, search for Powershell in the start menu, right-click on Powershell and selectRun as Administrator...
Password change in Win-Kex $sudo apt install -y kali-linux-default If you want to explore more handy commands for Win-Kex, you can refer to the help command. $ kex --help Win-Kex Help options That’s all to Install GUI or Win-Kex on WSL2. If you are stuck somewhere or need any...
I would like to use a proxy on windows such as burp or ZAP while running an application in WSL with python requests. I'm running into a bunch of errors right now: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] Connection refused Using python requests with the windows proxy would work...
Hello Microsoft Community, I am using WSL2 to run Linux on my laptop which has windows OS (windows 11). The laptop is the x64-based Acer Swift Edge 16 which features an AMD Ryzen™ 7 7840U-processor. I am trying to enable the following kernel modules
enterlocalhost:3390and connect. You will be prompt by this screen keep the session as xorg, and enter your WSL2 username and password. That’s it, you are now connected to your WSL2 Ubuntu with a GUI over Windows’ native RDP client. How crazy is this?!