Ubuntu for windows 10 subsystem

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I have installed Ubuntu for Windows 10 Subsystem (WSL2) following all the steps in the official information page. When I click Ubuntu from the start menu of Windows 10, it outputs this:

Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.19.104-microsoft-standard x86_64)

Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

System information as of Sat Aug  8 17:13:27 CEST 2020
System load:  0.35               Processes:             8
  Usage of /:   0.5% of 250.98GB   Users logged in:       0
  Memory usage: 1%                 IPv4 address for eth0: 172.25.240.158
  Swap usage:   0%
0 updates can be installed immediately.
0 of these updates are security updates.
The list of available updates is more than a week old.
To check for new updates run: sudo apt update
This message is shown once once a day. To disable it please create the
/home/iskandar/.hushlogin file.
iskandar@iskandarbasal-dell-2019:~$

My question is: How can I proceed to get the home interface of Ubuntu and use it from a graphical interface? Where can I create the file which is indicated in the above message?

WSL dosn't have a GUI. If you need a GUI install a real Ubuntu to a VirtualBox. — Pilot6, Aug 08 '20 at 15:43
As I don't use Windows, I have no idea if this actually works. I do know that GUI isn't supported with WSL, but it looks like one can make it work with some effort. I have no idea how the results will be. Given that it's not designed to do so, it may end up as some unstable system that's a pain in the butt to maintain. As @Pilot6 said, use a VM. Even if you can make it work, you might not want to. — KGIII, Aug 08 '20 at 15:49
Also, that file disables the logon message as some people don't like the clutter. You should be able to run the following command to create the file touch /home/iskandar/.hushlogin or you can use a quicker version of the same command: touch ~/.hushlogin as the curly symbol is short for your user's home directory and the touch command creates the empty file that disables the login message. If you want the login message back, you can always delete the file using the rm command using the following: rm /home/iskandar/.hushlogin but be careful with rm as there is no recycle bin — mchid, Aug 08 '20 at 16:11

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 10 '20 at 14:19

By default WSL comes without a Desktop Envirnoment or a window system.

There is way though you can run GUI apps by installing an X Server.

There is an article in microsoft techcommunity site covering that here.

The author provides steps by installing VcXsrv Windows X Server and exporting the "DISPLAY" variable

export DISPLAY="`grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf | sed 's/nameserver //'`:0"

( You will need to add that command to /etc/bash.bashrc to make it permanent )

Ubuntu for windows 10 subsystem

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