WSL2 Ubuntu GUI
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- Install a graphical user interface (GUI) with Ubuntu 20.04 running within WSL 2 on a Windows 10 computer. Microsoft have announced that an RDP based GUI will be added to WSL2, but it's not currently available. I'll show you how to get a GUI installed and how to connect to the GUI using remote desktop so you can start using that today.
Menu:
Overview: 0:00
Prerequisites: 1:20
Install WSL: 1:46
Install Ubuntu 20.04: 4:45
Install Ubuntu GUI: 7:25
Test RDP connection to the Ubuntu VM: 10:35
WSL commands:
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
wsl --set-default-version 2
Ubuntu GUI commands:
See pinned comment as TH-cam doesn't allow all the commands. Otherwise use my github link:
github.com/davidbombal/wsl2/b...
Good links:
Microsoft GUI announcement: devblogs.microsoft.com/comman...
Ubuntu WSL2 GUI Install: In Ubuntu WSL:
dev.to/darksmile92/linux-on-w...
WSL 2 install: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...
Docker for WSL2: docs.docker.com/docker-for-wi...
What is WSL? docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...
WSL documentation: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...
WSL 2 Announcement: devblogs.microsoft.com/comman...
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Ooooh yeahhhhh!! Great job David!
Thanks Chuck!
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@@redacted671 I don't Hate Ubuntu.. it's just that Zorin is So much Better... LOL
@@davidbombal Sorry to ask. What is the name of the model of this chair? Very informative video by the way. :)
Chuck, you brought me here! Many thanks for your taster on Linux!
Without question, this is the best tech how-to video I have seen on TH-cam. Comprehensive, yet concise. No waffle. Just clear, well presented instructions.
Well done and thank you!
Menu:
Overview: 0:00
Prerequisites: 1:20
Install WSL: 1:46
Install Ubuntu 20.04: 4:45
Install Ubuntu GUI: 7:25
Test RDP connection to the Ubuntu VM: 10:35
WSL commands:
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
wsl --set-default-version 2
Ubuntu GUI commands:
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
sudo apt-get purge xrdp
sudo apt install -y xrdp
sudo apt install -y xfce4
sudo apt install -y xfce4-goodies
sudo cp /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini.bak
sudo sed -i 's/3389/3390/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
sudo sed -i 's/max_bpp=32/#max_bpp=32
max_bpp=128/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
sudo sed -i 's/xserverbpp=24/#xserverbpp=24
xserverbpp=128/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
echo xfce4-session > ~/.xsession
sudo nano /etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
comment these lines to:
#test -x /etc/X11/Xsession && exec /etc/X11/Xsession
#exec /bin/sh /etc/X11/Xsession
add these lines:
# xfce
startxfce4
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start
Now in Windows, use Remote Desktop Connection
localhost:3390
then login using your Ubuntu username and password
Good links:
Microsoft GUI announcement: devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-build-2020-summary/
Ubuntu WSL2 GUI Install:
dev.to/darksmile92/linux-on-windows-wsl-with-desktop-environment-via-rdp-522g
WSL 2 install: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
Docker for WSL2: docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/wsl/
What is WSL? docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about
WSL documentation: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/
WSL 2 Announcement: devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-wsl-2/
Hi could ya please tell what difference in this procedure would be to try out other DEs?
Seems like a good way to experiment xD.
What about cinnamon DE what will change ?
the comment is not pinned
hey hi, hope this was pinned, as you mentioned its pinned in video, had to sort comments and scroll all the way down here to find it
great walkthrough, I tried some vnc stuff, but it seems more stable since its using rdp
Hi, Thanks. Could you make a video about how to install Debian+KDE under WSL2?
Seen other tutorials but was not able to RDP to the WSL. But after following the steps that you have shown, worked the very first time. Thank you.
One of the best videos about this topic. Simple, short, and easy to follow. Well done!
Thanks a lot David, I learned so much from your videos! Btw - Ctrl + L to clear your terminal, saves you having to type 'clear' all the time :)
*Bonus - Ctrl+U to delete everything you've typed if you mess up a command
Good tips :)
@@davidbombal
Or make an alias for clear like c = clear
this absolutely what I've been searching the internet in a week, very helpful video! Thank you David
Concise, and just what is needed. Seriously good job, thanks!
Excellent videos! Love your setup and way of teaching.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much for the feedback Thomas, I really appreciate it.
Duuuude, that's awesome, thank you so much. Still, I'll be happy when MS bolts on the "true" Ubuntu GUI later this year. Exciting time for computer programmers!
Thank you. Agreed - it's going to be much better when Microsoft update WSL 2 to support a proper GUI
@@davidbombal Thanks and Great job on the video ! Would you know where can I follow up when MS is releasing a GUI for WSL?
@@davidbombal It's almost April 2021, has this happened yet? Are you going to do a video on it and should I wait before completing this tut?
@@HeathBilbrey it's 2022 September. No
Thank you David for your usual support and i wish u all the very very best❤️
Thank you Mohamed!
Thank you so much for that very clear step by step tutorial. Great job !
The best tutorial I found on the entire Internet! The one that worked everything 100%!
Thank you for sharing!
Greetings from Brazil!
Didn't work where... But I'm using W11 :/
@@thiagofialhos Se é tiozão é BR... kkkkk
EU não estou usando o W11 oficialmente ainda. Nem testei o WSL2 dele. Mas já é bom saber que talvez eu encontre problemas se atualizar.
Valeu!
One of the most blasphemous things to do in the world of OS, by running windows on a Mac, and then installing Ubuntu on the windows 😂😂😂
lol... but I am not running Windows on my Mac. I am using VNC to remotely control the Windows laptop to my left and I'm installing Linux on the Windows PC. But, I can run Linux within Windows within MacOS if that is of interest :)
@@davidbombalDon't get me wrong its very informative, just being sarcastic
Believe it or not, Apple’s hardware has always made Windows OS’ shine in comparison to any PC.
Their legacy hardware (e.g. 2013-2016) is still more than sufficient today, especially as a VM host.
FYI: Not referring to a gaming platform, but as productive administration and computer workstation, they’re excellent.
😂
What have you brought upon this cursed land!
Thank you David. That was so sweet to watch and tried out.
Thank you Andrè!
Thanks, Dave!! This is awesome!! I could figure out the RDP process on the first try, but I went back and tried it again and it works great. Thanks again!
Hello, David! This is awesome, thank you! One problem I'm having...the graphics and text in the Ubuntu 20.4 LTS GUI are REALLY really tiny. Unusually so. I have an Intel 620 graphics card, as well as an Nvidia GeForce 920MX, and I've updated the drivers and played with the settings, but to no avail. Do you happen to know what the problem might be and how I might fix it? Please let me know! Thanks.
Excelent video!! Helps me a lot. I have only two questions, I want to ping to the ubuntu I have a destination host unreachable, How I can connect the Ubuntu with all my network? and If I have the ubuntu in my windows server, how I can connect to the CLI using other computer? Thank you.
This is my first time trying WSL 2, and glad no issues at all. Thank you very much David.
David, nicely done. Really like the fact the MS has open the *nix in their OS to the rest of us. Great, explanation and demistration. I haven't seen your work for a while, not since my Cisco days. Glad to see your still putting excellent material out there. Thanks!!!
Thank you very much for this tutorial.
I've had a problem after setting everything up and using it for a while.
It looks like after starting xrdp 50 times, the MaxSession value is reached and no more sessions are being created.
I've made a pull request in your repository with the solution.
Next: Install Chrome OS on a Linux inside Windows that is inside a MacOS.
Thanks David! Your video's are so easy to follow!
Thanks David. Worked like a charm. We have come a long way from trying to compile the kernel to get a soundblaster to work with Slackware in the 90's)) I never thought I would see the day that MS would have its own kernel.
🤣🤦♂️ Now install Powershell in the Ubuntu and it's complete..lol
lol... inception here we come!
I've added the Credge (Chromium based Edge) to my main linux box...don't use it much other than to look at OWA email...but it's fast and stable. I'm all for blurring these "Corporate Lines"....
This was an awsome tutorial Thanks David. Please tell me whether you had any problem of blank screen and window closes automaticaly after you sign in to your remote desktop as showed in 11:04 ?
I got the same problem, did you find the fix, thanks?
you can use MobaX instead, I have the same problem.
WOW! I've been trying for days to get a desktop working on WSL2/Ubuntu. It took me less than half an hour with your guidance. Thank you so much!
Cant explain how much this saved me. You have some of the best videos for these type of tutorials. Thanks a lot!!!!
Thank you for all these awesome videos on Linux Subsystem. However, after a while the screen on the remote localhost goes black. Do you know why?
I had the same problem, you must go to setting -> power menager -> display and set "blanc after - never" .... and so on
I just wanted to say "thank you", I don't know what I can say more than that. 80 hours of valuable information, in the ccna course.. just for 20$ and with the sale 10$, it's almost free, why is that?.
Thank you Sam. Education should be affordable - especially for those in the world that have less.
@@davidbombal You are a treasure man. May Jesus Christ bless you!
Hi David I have being following the wsl2 videos and must say you have done a sterling work on it. In one of you previous videos you did mention VMWare player not working correctly and I agree. Virtual box seems to be fine. I would actually like to experiment with Qemu- KVM from inside WSL2. Looks like I will need to upgrade my laptop as is low on resources(When I can afford it or get a job again) but think it would be a pretty cool idea if it works. Thanks David for your hard work and motivation I follow you and Chuck religiously as you guys have being a big inspiration to me.
Thank you! This was very helpful as opposed to so many other videos online.
Mom, can we have Linux?
No, we already have Linux at home.
Linux at home:
Holy shiet!!! This is so funny 🤣
I had almost exact this conversation with my sysadmin at work.
There are pros and cons to both ways. It is nice to be able to do Linux stuff without rebooting. I mostly just use it because it makes it easy for me to remote into my Linux work computer.
Dear lord.
Linux, in windows, in mac OS
What have you DONE!!!
The world it’s crazy my friend ! Linux is unique and more powerful than others but humans are stupid
fumseck world Especially those that only swear by Linux...
It's like a turducken for operating systems!
@@ER_aka_RAM yeah you're right, freebsd is better.
Amazing video, straight forward to the point with good best practices 👍, well done.
Thank you David. I’m new viewing your channel and the more I had viewed the more I liked. It would be interesting talk about WSL2 network interfaces. Saludos desde México.
Thank you Sergio! This is on my list of videos :)
Great video dude.
The rdp session logs in nicely. It foes to sleep after few minutes of inactivity and I have to restart the xrdp server to get going again. Could you tell me how to prevent that from happening?
Same here! I'm considering alternatives to xrdp, but I would really like to keep it if possible, though. Did you manage to solve it?
When i close localhost and then i write the IP with ID and password, i have black mirror on localhost and ubuntu don't start.
How i can fix this error?
ip adress changes everytime you reboot vm
I'm having the same problem! Have you been able to solve it?
I'm also having the same problem did you find any solution for this?
@@narayanmurthy8978 i don't
@anonymous1234 should we use this before, but closing the remote desktop server or after closing the server?
David, thank you so much for these incredibly valuable insights!
not working for me at remote connect
what happened exactly?
Same here
If you could show how to get Gnome working using this method, that would really be something. I tried it but couldn't figure it out.
I don’t rdp works with gnome. You have to use vnc
@@JaskoonerSingh VNC sucks for multi monitor but RDP works great, unfortunately not with gnome.
Thank you so much for the explanation and setup for GUI WSL, hoping that it will be native soon!
Straight forward and just works. Thank you David :)
This is now not working anymore
blank after input user and pass
I struggled all last week on my own trying to figure this stuff out googling each piece and not getting the clear consistent and concise instructions - Why did I forget - check TH-cam first!! Works like a charm.... so far. I unfortunately lost my job in late June and I do not cope well with idleness. So with my son's encouragement, I have turned my turned my QNAP NAS into an unRAID Server and I am now trying to set-up NextCloud, but I needed more memory, so I am looking at running NextCloud in Ubuntu in WSL on my Desktop, but getting it configured and being able to access it remotely was very confusing before now. Baptism of fire for someone who grew up with Mainframes and Minis and first programming languages was Fortran and Cobol in the 1970's. However, your series of videos have made my learning path so much simpler. I just wish I discovered them a couple of weeks ago!
Thank you for sharing knowledge, greetings from Mexico colleague. 👋🏾🇲🇽
I am getting the following when I start xrdp.
steve432@asus_win8:/mnt/c/Users/Steve_2$ sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start
[sudo] password for steve432:
* Starting Remote Desktop Protocol server [ OK ]
steve432@asus_win8:/mnt/c/Users/Steve_2$ sleep: cannot read realtime clock: Invalid argument
When I run the Remote Desktop Connection I can login but then the Ubuntu desktop turns black. My cursor is still there but nothing else.
Anybody have any suggestions?
me also
Same, any idea what's going on?
same here, did any one of you figure it out already?
edit: trying a workaround now, will report back with the results
This appears to be a bug in WSL1. For some reason your Ubuntu probably runs on WSL1 by default. To fix run powershell as admin and enter these commands:
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
wsl --set-default-version 2
After you've done this enter:
wsl --list --verbose
and you'll see that your ubuntu vm still uses wsl1, to fix this enter:
wsl --set-version 2
In my case:
wsl --set-version Ubuntu-20.04 2
This will start converting your VM to WSL2. After this is done it should work.
@@HionV IT WORKED! Thanks mate!
Have the pinned comments been removed? Can someone repost those commands
It's there. But you can use my GitHub instead: github.com/davidbombal/wsl2/blob/main/ubuntu_gui_youtube
One of the best tutorial/explanation that works like a charm... Really appreciate such a useful video. Thanks a bunch :)
Excellent tutorial. This was so helpful!
where is the pinned comment??
"Ubuntu GUI commands:
See pinned comment as TH-cam doesn't allow all the commands."
It's there. But you can use my GitHub instead: github.com/davidbombal/wsl2/blob/main/ubuntu_gui_youtube
I'm jealous of your internet speed 😂 over 200mb/s
u saw it too
200 mb/s is 1 byte per 40 seconds, which is absurdly slow...
You probably mean 200 MB/s.
@Vijay Narala I'm not joking. M stands for "mega", while m stands for "mili". Just as B and b differ, so do M and m.
This video and the detailed commands in the comments you created are FANTASTIC!! Thank you
You're very welcome Chad!
Thank you so much! this was a very easy intuitive tutorial
where is the pinned comment whit the commands???
I was looking for it too. I recently formatted my pc 🤦♂️
It's there. But you can use my GitHub instead: github.com/davidbombal/wsl2/blob/main/ubuntu_gui_youtube
Thanks can you do a tutorial on how to install Linux without Windows?
@@Meganano everybody know that is possible to intall Ubuntu ALONGSIDE windows, this is the only realistic option for all the people that are still using windows. Installing ubuntu inside windows is something promoted by M$ because they always take economical advantages by creating big problems to users ( and locking them in a mess completely not needed and completely created my M$ also because their internal engineering problems).
Really Straightforward tutorial. Thank you so much.
In very simple words, i'm amazed. Thank you !
I would recommend skipping rdp entirely and just pass your display to windows using something like x11
Exactly! Having an RDP window defies the very essence of using linux in the first place. A simple x11 forwarding to windows localhost does the job.
Ok maybe an explanation for those of us with a lower knowledge level. I understand rdp, etc but not passing the display
@@AnkitKumar-wq4kc Can you tell us how to do this like we are 5 years old?
@@timfoote6919 Please follow the comment I passed on to @mrmotofy. That will solve your issue.
Now install iOS in a VM in that Ubuntu WSL and restart the cycle! xD
Good video David thank you for all of your informative videos and motivational quotes.
Thank you Michael :)
David sir..!! No words..Thank you very much...!! Great Job expecting more
Microsoft should have told people during the infamous refund day "Don't worry guys, you'll be able to run Linux inside Windows ..... in 20 years"
"you may have to use a manual installation process to {install version 2004}" - the ONE THING Microsoft says NOT TO DO, because if 2004 is being withheld on your device it's because of a KNOWN INCOMPATIBILITY. - DO AT YOUR OWN RISK...HAVE BACKUPS!
so sad what ubuntu has fallen into. now its just another software installed on a windows machine
Thank you. This was the exact video I was looking for to set up an ubuntu GUI.
Thank you so much for this! I subscribed to your channel too, really really helped me, I've recently installed WSL for ethical hacking and even though terminal is fine, sometimes visualising is better, especially when opening the results (unless i use the explorer.exe command obv)
Thank you Sir, your work saved me 2 hours of searching aimlessly.
Really, helped a lot.
Thanks for making this video.
very helpful - many thanks David! I look forward to the official Microsoft WSL2 GUI Support solution however in the meantime - this is great :)
Agreed. The official Microsoft solution looks great. Hopefully that will be released soon.
Impressive job mr, it worked like a charm, thank you!
thank you for this. Best guide I've found for this topic.
Excellent! It worked perfectly. Thank you.
I was using vcxsrv xserver for GUI part before but this seems way easy and even work when not connected to any network. Thanks for such a wonderful tutorial.
This worked flawlessly, thank you very much.
I'm building my latest project on wsl, and I needed Arduino GUI on it...this worked like butter....thanks.
Very helpful video. Exact and short information.
I know next to nothing about Docker and Linux, and I was able to complete this in the first try.
This worked perfectly!! Great tutorial!
Thank you, David, I like your posting and learned a lot from you. again thank you a million.
Thank you! Really happy that you are enjoying my content 😀
Thank you, it is working here flawlessly
What , I never thought of this before. Absolute mad lad
Thanks for showing this method I can now have a graphical ui on my server
Thanks David, really good video... Solved a couple of problems that I had with physical Linux boxes as well
Really happy to hear that Kevin!
Fantastic. I have managed do all the staff by first attempt!
Neat and straight to the point, thank you very much for the very useful video! I had trouble with "apt upgrade" due to Avast Antivirus, after enabling "Internet connection sharing mode" under firewall settings everything else worked perfectly fine :)
what was your destination connection? I see in my machine a vEthernet(WSL) ... did you used that?
This is a great tutorial. Thank you very much!
Great! It worked! I needed that! Many thanks David!
Great explanation David! Thanks a lot
Spent hours trying to get this to work until I found this video. Thanks!
Good clear explanation. Keep up the good work!
Thank you John. Glad it was helpful!
Thanks you so much. It's really helpful. Stay healthy David.
Love you david sir you are my favorite teacher in my networking career looking forward to learn more and more from you .
Thank you very much Sameer
what a professional channel! I love ur videos
Thank You !!! Excellent , useful, informative !!!!
Thanks for the kind words! Glad you are finding my TH-cam channel useful.
Fantastic tutorial. Short, succinct and to the point - and it worked!
You are phenomenal! Thank you dear David!
Thank you!
Great work and wonderful explanation, thank you!
After several experiments I removed xrdp and installed X410 (X server for Windows 10).
It works great.
Thank you, David. I cant get the new Windows 10 build working yet, but I still enjoyed the video.
Thank you. Have you tried installing 2004 manually? It's possible, even though it does come at your own risk.
Thank you David. That's video really wanted to me
Glad to hear that Prasanna!
Thank you very David! Very informative video