This is fun!
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flat-morning-91037
10/10/2021, 2:09 PMThis is fun!
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rough-autumn-89795
10/10/2021, 2:38 PMHow is that Linux running in Windows?
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flat-morning-91037
10/10/2021, 2:42 PMThat's WSLg, supported by default in Windows 11. 🙂
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rough-autumn-89795
10/10/2021, 2:53 PMWow, MS is killing it. Are there good Windows laptops around with great battery life, performance and stability like Macbooks?
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flat-morning-91037
10/10/2021, 2:57 PMGet any Ryzen 5000 series laptop, you'd get great performance and decent battery life. Legion 5 Pro seems to be the best one available currently, although it comes and goes out of stock so keep an eye on availability.
flat-morning-91037
10/10/2021, 3:00 PMAlso FYI, many of my friends use Windows for work where their development workflow involves docker (with Linux container) running within WSL. I also managed to get GitLab Development Kit (an RoR webapp with lot of different moving parts) running on WSL without any issues (or any noticeable performance drop). Basically if your work needs *nix based OS, but you don't like mac, and face basic issues with Linux like bluetooth and wifi, WSL is good to go.
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modern-table-48211
10/10/2021, 3:38 PMfwiw you don't need Windows 11, there are workarounds like running a X server in Windows to get GUI.
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flat-morning-91037
10/10/2021, 3:40 PMOf course Windows 10's last major update (21H2) includes WSLg support.
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modern-table-48211
10/10/2021, 5:32 PM@flat-morning-91037 last I checked, it wasn't coming to W10 https://github.com/microsoft/wslg/discussions/82
https://github.com/microsoft/wslg/issues/347#issuecomment-877695975
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flat-morning-91037
10/10/2021, 6:01 PM@modern-table-48211 https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/07/15/introducing-the-next-feature-update-to-windows-10-21h2/ still mentions GPU support coming to WSL, which is the only thing necessary to get WSLg working. 🤔
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modern-table-48211
10/10/2021, 6:06 PMGPU support is for GPU acceleration (think tensorflow etc) afaik
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flat-morning-91037
10/10/2021, 6:09 PMYup, which should allow for unofficial way to get X server running (we may see someone eventually backport it).
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modern-table-48211
10/10/2021, 6:39 PMThere's already solutions to get X server running
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witty-answer-12530
10/10/2021, 6:41 PMCurious about scenarios where having a GUI would be useful for WSL 🤔
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broad-camera-13514
10/11/2021, 6:37 AMWoah this is awesome
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flat-morning-91037
10/11/2021, 6:49 AMCurious about scenarios where having a GUI would be useful for WSLGUI for apps running via WSL isn’t of much use, unless you really want to use some Linux desktop app on Windows host without traditional VM overhead. MS added GPU support for working with ML in WSL, and GUI support came free with it.
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witty-answer-12530
10/11/2021, 10:20 AMMS added GPU support for working with ML in WSL, and GUI support came free with it.cool stuff, thanks!