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		c-hendricks on Nov 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: VMware is now part of Broadcom Honesr questions, is WSL intended to run a full desktop environment, and does it still require workarounds to get systemd working?

k8sToGo on Nov 23, 2023 [–]

WSL2 supports systemd out of the box for some time now. By default it is turned off.

In WSL2 you can run GUI applications as well.

c-hendricks on Nov 23, 2023 | [–]

Right, but "running GUI applications" isn't the only goal, I want to run a full desktop environment, in full screen.

k8sToGo on Nov 23, 2023 | | [–]

I don’t think WSl is the choice of tool then.

c-hendricks on Nov 23, 2023 | | [–]

Same, hence my question.

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