Windows 11 runs Graphical Linux Apps out of the box with WSLg

Windows 11 runs Graphical Linux Apps out of the box with WSLg! Type "wsl --install" from the Windows Terminal command prompt and go go go! We'll see VS Code, WSLg, The Gimp, and much more.

[LimitedWard]

Now we just need someone to get Wine running on WSL to run windows apps on Linux on windows. Only then will the OS ouroboros be complete!

[echelecopao]

This is the most elaborate Rick Rolling I've ever been subjected to

[himanshuchauhan]

now this is a feature of windows 11, everyone else on internet is talking about just the UI changes.
to the point video.
awesome.

[SubhamK]

This is unprecedented level of flexibility! Absolute Heaven for a developer!! 🤩 🚀

[aayushmishra]

I didn't just get rick rolled watching this amazing presentation of what windows11 bring to the table for devs. Nice video still

[TimSumpton]

You would have been called a witch & burned at the stake for doing this 20 years ago ! :) Great video Scott.

[vinny]

I feel like this video kept getting better and better - when you said, "OK, this is where things start to get interesting" I thought it was already super interesting. :) Thank you for sharing this! Windows 11 is absolutely awesome.

[seths]

thanks scott. finally a windows 11 video that doesn't suck. keep hearing about the round edges, glass windows and whatever other makeup microsoft put on the UI. I want to hear what is under the hood and how it will make my life easier as an admin. might actually make me go to windows 11 before 10 is EOL 👍

[paulinfrancis]

I’d been running Linux on my desktop for over a year, and had grown to like it a lot. I needed Windows again after getting back into photography, and while terminal apps with WSL are cool, I was a bit sad to leave Linux. This however, this changes everything!

[arklight]

It's amazing what you can do with a computer WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING.

[laurinneff]

I prefer natively running Linux, but this is really cool. I like how it seamlessly adds a shortcut to the Windows start menu when you install an app. And I like how it uses Wayland instead of X11

[RobertFabiano]

Who goes around clicking dislike on these friendly and helpful content creators?! I don't get it...

[ianjohnson]

Wow! I switched to mac about 6 years ago for development work but this might make me switch back. Love how much effort and care they put into W11 for developers.

[HugoM]

Just wish we could set the blurriness of the transparency to 0. Aero style isn't very useful when you want a clear background to check commands behind the terminal window. Other than that, you guys are doing a really awesome job! Cheers!

I haven't used Windows for the last 10 years, only Linux, but I have to say that this is really impressive...

[justgame]

Looks like such a polished experience, can’t wish to start incorporating these nee workflows and systems into my daily routine, I already love windows terminal on windows 10, so this looks incredible

[darylg]

For anyone receiving the below error after installing WSL:

WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102
Error: 0x80370102 The virtual machine could not be started because a required feature is not installed.

Open Command Prompt/PowerShell and run "systeminfo". At the very bottom will be Hyper-V Requirements. In my scenario, "Virtualization Enabled in Firmware" had reverted back to "No" so I had to re-enable it in the BIOS. Not sure how this happened as I was happily using Hyper-V before reimaging to Windows 11!

[ohgodmanyo]

I can't wait to be done with cross compiling for Windows. This is possibly the best thing Microsoft has done.

[rumanHuq]

Great stuff, as always! Unrelated comment: I was wondering if you can put out a video about "how to do a screencast".

[MikeSigsworth]

Really looking forward to the terminal video!