WSL-Ubuntu-Desktop

Starts graphical desktop on WSL Ubuntu (on Windows 10) and setup VNC or, alternatively, X Window remote session.

Based on following tutorials:

• How to Install VNC on Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04 (Windows, Linux and Mac),
• VNCserver setup on Ubuntu.

Currently uses lightweight XFCE4 desktop. Requires at least 800Mb of free space on host machine.

To start X Window remote session:

• Install X Window client on Windows 10 host, like VcXsrv or some other.
• Setup display number parameter equal to 1 in X Windows client.
• Start X Windows client session on host Win10.
• Clone this repo to ~/ within WSL.
• Launch ./XFCE4_through_XWin.sh from repository folder in WSL terminal. First time it takes 1-2 minutes to install xfce4.

To start VNC session:

• Install some VNC viewer on Windows 10 host, like RealVNC VNC Viewer or some other.
• Clone this repo to ~/ within WSL.
• Launch ./XFCE4_through_VNC.sh from repository folder in WSL terminal.
• Try to connetc with VNC Viewer on host Win10 to VNC stream at localhost:5901 or 127.0.0.1:5901.