[UPDATED (01/07/2024)] How I Run Linux GUI Apps With WSL2 on Windows

Hello beautiful peoples!


IF you have followed my “How I Run Linux GUI Apps With WSL2 on Windows.” you will now notice its broken.


There was an update to WSL recently. I am guessing this is the reason it no longer works.

The fix:

Open .bashrc in your favourite text editor and replace THIS line we previously added at the top of the file:

export DISPLAY=$(awk '/nameserver / {print $2; exit}' /etc/resolv.conf 2>/dev/null):0

With:

export DISPLAY=:0


Save the file, close and re-open the linux terminal.

Your graphical apps should now work again. And… they should look slightly better?

I hope this helps!

Catch you on the flip side,

AndrzejL


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AndrzejL

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