tdcosta100

Full desktop shell in WSL2 using WSLg (XWayland)

Note

If you want to use Wayland in WSLg in a simpler setup, you can try the WSLg (Wayland) tutorial.

In this tutorial, we will setup GUI in WSL2. No additional software outside WSL (like VcXsrv or GWSL) is required. You will find this tutorial very similar to the one that replaces Xorg with Xvnc. Indeed, it's pretty much the same tutorial, with some few changes.

The key component we need to install is the desktop metapackage you want (GNOME, KDE, Xfce, Budgie, etc), and after that, replace the default Xorg by a script that calls Xwayland instead.

For this setup, I will use Ubuntu 24.04, and install GNOME Desktop. Unfortunately older versions of Ubuntu lack some fundamental things, so we cannot reproduce it in older versions (at least not fully). Since the key components aren't bound to Ubuntu or GNOME, you can use your favorite distro and GUI. Check the [Sample screenshot

tdcosta100

Full desktop shell in WSL2 using WSLg (Wayland)

Note

If you want a more complete experience and already tried the Xvnc tutorial, maybe you should try the WSLg (Xwayland) instead.

Warning

This is a work in progress tutorial. Things done here may break existing functionality, so be careful!

In this tutorial, we will install and use a full GNOME Desktop environment in WSL2, without any external software. The only requirement is a working WSLg installation. At the moment, the instructions are only for Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04 and 24.04) distros and GNOME, but you can request me to test other distros and desktop environments.

krisalyssa

# Credits
# https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=13655
# https://askubuntu.com/questions/844245/how-to-compile-latest-pulseaudio-with-webrtc-in-ubuntu-16-04
# https://askubuntu.com/questions/496549/error-you-must-put-some-source-uris-in-your-sources-list
# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65167/enable-udev-and-speex-support-for-pulseaudio
# https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/how-to-make-pulseaudio-run-once-at-boot-for-all-your-users
# https://gist.github.com/rkttu/35ecab5604c9ddc356b0af4644d5a226

# First, you should install XRDP and X11 Desktop Environment first.

machuu

Overview

Internet connection and DNS routing are broken from WSL2 instances, when some VPNs are active.

The root cause seems to be that WSL2 and the VPN use the same IP address block, and the VPN routing clobbers WSL2's network routing.

This problem is tracked in multiple microsoft/WSL issues including, but not limited to:

• microsoft/WSL#5068
• microsoft/WSL#4277

rkkoszewski

THIS ARE MY NOTES OF BUILDING AN INSTALLING XORGXRDP AND XRDP WITH GPU ACCELERATION
TESTED ON DEBIAN 9.13

-- Build XorgXrdp with GPU acceleration ("script" - to be adjusted to your needs) : --

## << BUILD AND INSTALL SCRIPT START >> ##
#!/bin/bash
# Install Latest XRDP with XORGXRDP

# README

lucyllewy

SYSTEMD_EXE="$(command -v systemd)"

if [ -z "$SYSTEMD_EXE" ]; then
        if [ -x "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" ]; then
                SYSTEMD_EXE="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd"
        else
                SYSTEMD_EXE="/lib/systemd/systemd"
        fi
fi

rkttu

# For those of you looking for this GIST: I don't maintain this code anymore. I recommend using WSLg, which is included starting with Windows 11.

# Please refer to https://gist.github.com/CraigCottingham/fad000cc2ec4678203acf62c4ad2ab23 code that forked this GIST.

# Credits
# https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=13655
# https://askubuntu.com/questions/844245/how-to-compile-latest-pulseaudio-with-webrtc-in-ubuntu-16-04
# https://askubuntu.com/questions/496549/error-you-must-put-some-source-uris-in-your-sources-list
# https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/65167/enable-udev-and-speex-support-for-pulseaudio
# https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-free-software/how-to-make-pulseaudio-run-once-at-boot-for-all-your-users

ChrisTX

diff -Naur glibc-2.31/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_nanosleep.c glibc-2.31-wsl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_nanosleep.c
--- glibc-2.31/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_nanosleep.c        2020-02-01 12:52:50.000000000 +0100
+++ glibc-2.31-wsl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/clock_nanosleep.c    2020-03-13 12:30:30.737587300 +0100
@@ -31,7 +32,25 @@
                           struct __timespec64 *rem)
 {
   int r;
-
+  struct __timespec64 current_realtime, actual_req;
+  actual_req = *req;

natefoo

Distribution Detection

I am working on adding support for building and distributing (via PyPI) Python Wheels with C Extensions to the Python wheel and pip packages. The discussion on Distutils-SIG continues, but I believe it is fairly certain that some effort to correctly identify Linux distributions will need to be made. I've begun efforts to add this support to wheel.

How you can help

If you have a Linux distribution or version of a listed distribution not in this gist, or one of the ones I have not directly verified, I could use the following:

• The contents of /etc/os-release, if it exists

jstangroome

function Send-NetworkData {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [string]
        $Computer,

        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [ValidateRange(1, 65535)]
        [Int16]