I have installed Ubuntu for Windows 10 Subsystem (WSL2) following all the steps in the official information page. When I click Ubuntu from the start menu of Windows 10, it outputs this:
Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.19.104-microsoft-standard x86_64) * Documentation: * Management: * Support: System information as of Sat Aug 8 17:13:27 CEST 2020 System load: 0.35 Processes: 8 Usage of /: 0.5% of 250.98GB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 1% IPv4 address for eth0: 172.25.240.158 Swap usage: 0%
0 updates can be installed immediately.
0 of these updates are security updates.
The list of available updates is more than a week old.
To check for new updates run: sudo apt update
This message is shown once once a day. To disable it please create the
/home/iskandar/.hushlogin file.
iskandar@iskandarbasal-dell-2019:~$My question is: How can I proceed to get the home interface of Ubuntu and use it from a graphical interface? Where can I create the file which is indicated in the above message?
31 Answer
By default WSL comes without a Desktop Envirnoment or a window system.
There is way though you can run GUI apps by installing an X Server.
There is an article in microsoft techcommunity site covering that here.
The author provides steps by installingVcXsrv Windows X Serverand exporting the "DISPLAY" variable
export DISPLAY="`grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf | sed 's/nameserver //'`:0"( You will need to add that command to /etc/bash.bashrc to make it permanent )
