Security News > 2021 > May > Hands on with WSLg: Running Linux GUI apps in Windows 10
Windows 10 preview builds can now run Linux apps directly on the Windows 10 desktop using the new Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI. In this article, we go hands on with the new WSLg feature to demonstrate the types of graphical Linux apps you can now run.
WSLg can launch Linux GUI apps by utilizing the Wayland server to display the apps in Windows 10.
WSLg starts "a companion system distro, containing a Wayland, X server, pulse audio server, and everything else needed to make Linux GUI apps communicate with Windows," as Windows Developer Platform Program Manager Craig Loewen explained.
Installing WSLg. Before getting started with Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI., you first need to be running recent Windows 10 Insider builds on the 'Dev' channel.
Once the latest Windows 10 version is installed, you can install the Windows Subsystem for Linux and install a new Linux distribution.
To install the Windows Subsystem for Linux with GUI support and automatically install Ubuntu, you would enter the wsl -install -d Ubuntu at a Windows 10 Elevated Command Prompt.
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