How to run linux gui applications in Windows 10 bash

[griimnak]

By default if you try to run a linux gui application in Windows 10's new bash feature, you'll get a "cannot open display error". That is because you have no active x server.

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xming is an x server for windows which will load gui applications from the bash shell.

Once you've installed that and launched it you have to export your display, typically 0 if not just cycle through numbers i guess.

export DISPLAY=:0

Have fun​

 

[Ecko]

>> limited bash shell on ubuntu on windows

what a time to be alive

 

[griimnak]

>> limited bash shell on ubuntu on windows

what a time to be alive

Not so limited after all, i can honestly say i'd much rather use windows 10 bash than a VM to develop now. (well minus all the broken stuff, assuming it'll be patched later on)

 

[Ecko]

Not so limited after all, i can honestly say i'd much rather use windows 10 bash than a VM to develop now. (well minus all the broken stuff, assuming it'll be patched later on)

Oh it's very limited

 

[griimnak]

Oh it's very limited

Yeah i've been toying with it for a few hours and you're right, nothing fking works in here not even mysql-server :c

back to my vm lol

 

[Ecko]

Yeah i've been toying with it for a few hours and you're right, nothing fking works in here not even mysql-server :c

back to my vm lol

Or just dual boot on your current computer, VMs can be quite annoying at times.