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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

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.

Getting started with Linux kernel development

Prerequisites

The Linux kernel is written in C, so you should have at least a basic understanding of C before diving into kernel work. You don't need expert level C knowledge, since you can always pick some things up underway, but it certainly helps to know the language and to have written some userspace C programs already.

It will also help to be a Linux user. If you have never used Linux before, it's probably a good idea to download a distro and get comfortable with it before you start doing kernel work.

Lastly, knowing git is not actually required, but can really help you (since you can dig through changelogs and search for information you'll need). At a minimum you should probably be able to clone the git repository to a local directory.

WSL2 with GUI using Xvnc

Note

If you want to use pure WSLg, you can try the new WSLg (XWayland) tutorial or the WSLg (Wayland) tutorial.

In this tutorial, we will setup GUI in WSL2, and access it using VNC. No additional software outside WSL (like VcXsrv) is required, except, of course, a VNC Viewer (RealVNC, TightVNC, TigerVNC, UVNC, etc, all of them might work flawlessly).

The key component we need to install is the desktop metapackage you want (GNOME, KDE, Xfce, Budgie, etc) and tigervnc-standalone-server.

For this setup, I will use Ubuntu (20.04, 22.04 and 24.04 are working), and install GNOME Desktop. Since the key components aren't bound to Ubuntu or GNOME, you can use your favorite distro and GUI. Check the [Sample

KDE 1 on Arch Linux

This is a short guide on how to install KDE 1 on Arch Linux.

Install qt1-git, kde1-kdelibs-git & kde1-kdebase-git from the AUR. Extra applications are avaiable in kde1-kdenetwork-git, kde1-kdetoys-git, kde1-kdegames-git and kde1-kdeutils-git. You also have to have xorg-server & xorg-xinit installed. I have not tested KDE1 with a login manager (like sddm) so I can't help you with that.

Edit ~/.xinitrc and add the following lines

export PATH=/opt/kde1/bin:$PATH

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	# Maintainer: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@archlinux.org>

	pkgbase=linux
	pkgver=5.12.9.arch1
	pkgrel=1
	pkgdesc='Linux'
	_srctag=v${pkgver%.}-${pkgver##.}
	url="https://git.archlinux.org/linux.git/log/?h=$_srctag"
	arch=(x86_64)
	license=(GPL2)

	" Must come first because it changes other options
	set nocompatible

	" [vim-plug] Load plugins
	call plug#begin()
	Plug 'dracula/vim', { 'as': 'dracula' }
	Plug 'junegunn/vim-easy-align'
	Plug 'pangloss/vim-javascript'
	Plug 'mxw/vim-jsx'
	Plug 'tpope/vim-bundler'

	{
	"workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
	"editor.fontSize": 16,
	"editor.lineHeight": 1.8,
	"javascript.suggest.autoImports": true,
	"javascript.updateImportsOnFileMove.enabled": "always",
	"editor.rulers": [
	80,
	120
	],

	# /etc/profile.d/best_bash_history.sh
	# Save 5,000 lines of history in memory
	HISTSIZE=10000
	# Save 2,000,000 lines of history to disk (will have to grep ~/.bash_history for full listing)
	HISTFILESIZE=2000000
	# Append to history instead of overwrite
	shopt -s histappend
	# Ignore redundant or space commands
	HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
	# Ignore more