How to install a desktop environment on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL with GUI)

[@Enum_Dev]

My left ear loved this!

[@absprog]

🙏

[@veterantruthtube3298]

my right ear didn't lol

[@EnricoFermi703]

Thank you so much. The best and easiest tutorial on how to add a GUI to WSL.

[@absprog]

Thank you for your feedback🙏

[@NOTONtechsx]

The audio is only from the left speakers...

[@absprog]

Thank you for the feedback. The issue will be corrected in the upcoming videos. Apologies for any inconvenience.

[@schweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

reupload the video with fixed audio this is awfull with headphones@@absprog

[@nyashachiroro2531]

​@@schweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Entitled much 😂 You're funny

[@Spiderfffun]

@@nyashachiroro2531 are you actually joking? if you got headphones you literally cant listen to this without dying

[@nyashachiroro2531]

@@Spiderfffun He heard your feedback. Telling him to record another video is a bit dramatic. Deal with it. Jesus. It's not like you're paying him to make that video. This is free content. He'll improve over time. You think he's just sitting around waiting making free videos for you.

[@alpsnduds]

the part where you get the IP address and put into remote desktop comes back with an error. and won't let me connect. says this IP address is not connected?

[@bernardthooft8329]

same here (Error code: 0x204). Can't connect.

[@fuxkag3908]

crashes on login even with newuser

[@graybooked]

Doesn't work on latest install of Windows on fresh hardware. Auto-closes upon entering correct credentials in Remote Connection.

[@Faheem_M_2010]

When i give the correct username and passoword it just disconnects pls help me fix

[@melvino88]

The remote desktop connection cant connect it says 1) Remot access to the server is not enabled 2) The remote computer is turned off 3) The remote is not available on the network

[@mudasirdurrani1831]

run this command sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start

[@drissdriss5567]

@@mudasirdurrani1831 no such file or directory

[@panaskw]

@@mudasirdurrani1831 thank you so much!

[@bernardthooft8329]

@@mudasirdurrani1831 still same error.

[@faundrapratama2036]

@@mudasirdurrani1831 thank you so much it works

[@KennyBentley7]

I only hear audio on the left channel, but great explanation and video.

[@absprog]

Thank you for the feedback. The issue will be corrected in the upcoming videos. Apologies for any inconvenience.

[@bagas1626]

now this is what I've been looking for

[@absprog]

I'm glad that it was helpful to you

[@matthewmagadza3919]

It immediately closes when I try

[@vladislavkaras491]

Great guide, thank you!

[@absprog]

Thank you for your feedback!

[@gogu792]

xrdp not working (im on debian)

[@JuanHoya]

Great tutorial...nicely done!

[@absprog]

I am glad you found this helpful👍

[@pennti]

After I try to login in it directly closes the window.

[@yuangao9731]

same here

[@Natthasit_12]

it's so laggy why it doesn't have gpu ?

[@ferluisch]

I made this but I have no internet on the subsystem :(

[@simonw.2206]

All good up to the Remote Desktop Connection which fails to connect. Can anyone advise a possible fix?

[@enuie]

why is the windows closing when i type my password and username on the xorg page?

[@TheSynan]

You need to add a new user. It won't let you remote into a session using the same user you're already logged into so it just closes the window.

[@jakubfajtl9932]

@@TheSynan Holy it worked, thank you so much

[@fuxkag3908]

@@TheSynan didn't work

[@TheSynan]

@@fuxkag3908 You need to create a second user that you use to enter the remote session with. Your main user is hosting it more or less. If you did that, I don’t know what’s wrong. Worked for me.

[@dre_purba]

Does anyone know why the display locked in 50Hz ?...

[@HermesFibonacci]

I don't know what username and password to use. I never created a new user in Ubuntu wsl cli

[@markhammon4112]

Hi maybe you can help me? I have specific question. How to share folder which is located on second drive in the PC on Primary drive I have installed Ubuntu and I would like to have it accessible to Windows 10 pcs over network. Every single guide is across youtube is about sharing folder located on Primary drive. Is that type of sharing which I would like to do is impossible?

[@Jalan-Api]

Open windows explorer, scroll down the sidebar and there should be a linux section. Expand it and you will see your ubuntu distribution, open it and all your files are there. Using that, you can transfer data

[@markhammon4112]

@@Jalan-Api Thank you

[@Jalan-Api]

@@markhammon4112 No problem. Any other problems you are facing?

[@markhammon4112]

@@Jalan-Api Yes but this is about nextcloud. I cannot access it from other PC after domain name in local network even i have setup domain name in trusted domain configuration file. Actually i cannot access even after IP address. Just displying standard info page that you need to go config file and configure it.

[@Jalan-Api]

@@markhammon4112 Oh I am sorry. I can not help with that as I dont know much about it. Maybe chatgpt will be able to help

[@NyanCoder]

But I'd warn other fellow devs that wsl2 session is under the nat, so you probably will need vpn to easier connect from lets say phone in the same network as your pc (probably connected to wifi of router that your pc is connected to) to an app running in wsl2

[@walkingbearh5912]

Wont connect to xorg. Says password wrong. For display. I know its the right password or i never would of got this far

[@petercosta1883]

Someone could install Gnome? I failed miserably trying to install it xD

[@KairinKade]

xrdp says invalid operation install

[@IceBear-s1p]

Thank you 3000

[@absprog]

👍

[@danielradosa]

how do i get login details for my wsl2 ? i dont remember actually creating a accont

[@M.A.B.SiddiqueSanjan-kf3bw]

check your wsl terminal. before @ is your user name

[@synoim]

HAD to turn on mono audio for ts vid 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@absprog]

The audio in this video is mono, but this has been fixed for all my new content. I apologize for any inconvenience.

[@monisrajput8056]

Can you install hyprland on it

[@lenhattruong1948]

how about arch linux

[@tokosotomimo14]

does not work

[@abbypatacsil1177]

Mine too. My ip doesent work for some reason

[@bernardthooft8329]

@@abbypatacsil1177 same here. No connection.

[@El5eta]

hyprland? 👀

[@PragandSens]

my right ear is sad :c

[@absprog]

🤗

[@CZghost]

Temporary fix on Windows: Go to Settings -> System -> Sound -> Mono sound ON. Don't forget to put it back after watching. Enjoy.

[@qwertio4626]

does'nt work, remote desktop suddenly close after username and password login

[@cyclic8090]

same, you got any fix?

[@qwertio4626]

​@@cyclic8090i use vm 😂

[@cyclic8090]

@@qwertio4626 best fix 😂😂😂

[@pennti]

same

[@user-qr4jf4tv2x]

Use Xvnc instead of xorg during 4:13

[@_lun4r_]

Very nice, but unfortunately it isn’t running via WSLg but you have to use Remote Desktop Connection to get in

[@janernstd9842]

I got it working. why is it so slow?

[@ferluisch]

Same wth

[@AmazingLube]

1) You have to create a different user using the adduser command to log in. If you try to log in with the user you created at the start, it will terminate the RDP session immediately. 2) I noticed it is running insanely slow. Like opening the settings menu takes 2 minutes. I tried setting all WSL related tasks in the Windows task manager to the highest priority but even that doesn't do anything. At most it uses 3% of my CPU. Download speeds are also slowed by a lot when I tried to download a file. You're better off running a VM with Virtualbox or even Hyper-V and connecting to that via RDP

[@عبدالصمد-ح4ت]

it doesn't work

[@BaconYedda]

7506 Deron Unions

[@nordlyssrlys6945]

I thought I had problem with my right ear so I was hearing more with my left year

[@TheD3adlysin]

Ok now do Hyprland + Wayland(not xwayland)

[@cyclic8090]

if i have laptop do I need to select laptop task too in end ? at 02:44

[@82braincells]

no

[@plutorocks1]

How do you connect to wayland using rdp?

[@applesoda77]

Yoo it works thank you so much ❤

[@absprog]

Glad to hear that!👍