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I am not an advanced user when it comes to Linux; I am a beginner so please be understanding. Namely, I installed the latest version of Ubuntu 22.04 under WSL2, but now I would like to be able to ...
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I have installed Ubuntu under WSL. I am now trying to install Ubuntu desktop. I have tried several times. I get many errors such as: Failed to preset unit. Transport endpoint is not connected. Now ...
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In Windows 10 I installed WSL and then installed Ubuntu. How do I get access to the Ubuntu Desktop GUI?
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I use WSL2 on Windows 11. I want to run the systemctl command in Ubuntu 20.04, but it gives me the following error: System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. ...
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I can't run GUI apps under WSL. First, I tried running Synaptic, but it showed this message: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused Failed to initialize GTK. Probably you're ...
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I'm using Windows 11 WSLg (installed using the Windows Subsystem for Linux Preview from the Microsoft Store) and the current WSL Ubuntu distribution from the Microsoft Store. How can I launch xfce4 or ...
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I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.01 on WSL2 on Windows 11 22H2 with Systemd support. However, though I've followed all the instructions mentioned in this answer, I still can't start gnome-session properly. It ...
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Is it possible to install the Ubuntu default GNOME desktop environment on Windows Subsystem for Linux without a remote desktop program? And if so, how? As you can see I'm a absolute Linux newcomer.
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I need to install and setup the WSL Ubuntu 18.04 alarm-clock-applet. I'm new to Linux and haven't ever done this.
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I'd like to install Lubuntu GUI on my Ubuntu app, that I downloaded from the MS Windows Store app. After installing WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) I got a 'server version'-like version running (...
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I've installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 from the Microsoft Store on WSL2 on my Windows 11 machine which now supports Systemd, and I'm trying to install Gnome. All the instructions I've found show how to install ...
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I've gone through the process of installing WSL2 on a Windows 11 laptop and can successfully run, for example, GUI-type LibreOffice apps from the Terminal command line. So far, so good. Now I would ...
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Install errors when attempting to run amdgpu-install -y, following the below linked guide. Everything else runs well. Suggestions? Edit: I have made some progress, though still have some errors. Edit ...

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