You have probably heard of Windows Subsystem for Linux or WSL, this is a feature that you can enable in Windows 10 to natively run Linux command, and application on your Windows machine without running in a separate virtual machine.
Microsoft made a couple of Linux distributions available to name a few
and more, just search for Linux in the Microsoft public Store
I choose to install openSUSE, and wanted to see if it was possible to run a desktop environment as well.
There is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and Unix called Xfce, if you heard of GNOME it is similar to this (but Xfce is not GNOME fork)
How do you get all this going then? Well first enable Windows Subsystem for Linux
Choose to install you favorite Linux distribution from Microsoft Store, my choice this time is ubuntu, but I have tested the same with Kali Linux.
What for the installation and launch the Linux prompt, search for ubuntu in the start menu.
First make sure to update your Linux installation, with these commands
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Now time to install wget to download Xfce, may not be needed on some distributions
sudo apt-get install wget
Now time to download and install Xfce, goodies (optional), and start the service
sudo apt-get install xfce4
sudo apt-get install xfce4-goodies
sudo apt-get install xrdp
sudo sed -i ‘s/port=3389/port=3390/g’ /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini
sudo service xrdp start
If you are running For Kali Linux, these are the commands
chmod +x xfce4.sh
sudo ./xfce4.sh
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start
OK done! How do you connect to the Linux desktop? Run Remote Desktop Connection, mstsc.exe
Enter the Computer: 127.0.0.1:8890, press Connect
What is your best tips with Linux on Windows 10? Share it in the comments, and Have fun!
