Bash plus windows 10 equals linux gui apps on the windows desktop

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Bash plus Windows 10 equals Linux GUI apps on the Windows desktop

Microsoft has been actively exploring Linux, with SQL Server 2016 coming to the OS sometime this year. But one of the major talking points from Build 2016 was the inclusion of Bash for Windows 10. The news was well received and the functionality was soon demoed on Channel 9.

Now, thanks to the availability of Build 14316 of Windows 10, a dev/redditor by the name of w2qw discovered the ability to run Linux GUI apps on the Windows 10 desktop. He discovered the trick by installing and configuring X Server and running the following command:

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