Using WSLg as Standalone / without WSL?

[Roemer]

I am often working on Remote VMs with Linux and use VcXsrv as X-Server on Windows. As WSLg seems a bit more up-to-date and also directly works with WSL of course, I wonder if there is a possibility to just install WSLg without WSL and use that as X-Server?

[bavalpey]

Would love to know this as well. The existing X servers have pitiful documentation and poor support.

[ericblade]

I'd recommend MobaXTerm, I used that for a lot of years.

I'd guess you could just install a slim WSL installation with like minimal Ubuntu and X support, then use it to remote to your VMs, and use that to get WSLg involved.

Otherwise, it'd probably be a difficult operation to get working -- WSLg uses Wayland, not X.

[bavalpey]

I kind of want to use vscode on Windows natively because it is seamless. MobaXterm is fully fledged, right? There's no way I can hook into just the X server it provides? All I'm trying to do is get vscode's git feature to work with remote development when I have GPG signing on. Not really going to give up vscode for that. I just made the move away from Neovim to vscode since terminal development has basically stagnated.

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