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| nikanj on July 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta Can someone point to a decent X server for windows? |
 | dannysu on July 29, 2017 | next [–] I've been using VcXsrv. I tried both Xming (donated and got the most recent versions) and VcXsrv. I found VcXsrv to be faster and dynamically picks up my screen resolution. Xming doesn't do that out of the box. However, I find that both are terrible when my network is a bit unstable such as when I'm in transit. That's the major pain point I have. |
| | ruricolist on July 28, 2017 | prev | next [–] I've been using vcxsrv. |
| | pizza on July 28, 2017 | prev | next [–] I think Xming works |
| | saboot on July 29, 2017 | parent | next [–] The free version of xming works for about 99% of things, the other 1% needs the updates provided by the charity ware version, or something more recent |
| | lilyball on July 28, 2017 | prev | next [–] From the article: > NO current plans to support X/GUI apps, desktops, servers, etc. at this time |
| | zbuttram on July 29, 2017 | parent | next [–] No plans to support specifically, but a surprising amount of things work simply due to their effort making the rest of it work. |
| | nikanj on July 29, 2017 | parent | prev | next [–] Yes, I know Microsoft doesn't have an X server. This is why I asked if people could recommend a 3rd party one. |
| | clouddrover on July 29, 2017 | parent | prev | next [–] A Microsoft Channel 9 video on how to use XMING with Windows Subsystem for Linux: https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/WinCoder/XMING--Bash-on-Ubun... I think what they mean by "no current plans to support X/GUI apps" is that WSL itself doesn't include support for an X server but you can still go ahead and connect X applications to any running X server. |
| | kpocza on July 29, 2017 | parent | prev | next [–] Try this one: https://github.com/kpocza/LoWe |
| | am1988 on July 29, 2017 | parent | prev | next [–] It still works. X is a protocol, install a server and point at it. It's unsupported, which means it doesn't necessarily work well and they won't help you out. |
| | emmelaich on July 29, 2017 | prev [–] Cygwin/X is fine. |
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