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by Eridrus 3516 days ago
This is cool, though I use WSL and haven't really run into a situation where I actually want to run any GUI software from WSL.

I'm curious if there was an actual need that drove this.

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Originally there was no actual need, I was just curious about the technology, the limits and I wanted to push these limitations.

But: Later I realized that there is a need for this. With apt, it's much easier to install and update (GUI) apps than with the Windows installer, so the need has grown from nothing to a real-world requirement. Moreover it happened several times that I was looking for some software and there were many alternatives for Linux but nothing valuable for Windows. LoWe will help in these situations, as well.