[Cin] Windows 11, Linux GUI programs, Cin-GG?

[Terje J. Hanssen]

Den 09.10.2021 21:02, skrev mnieuw--- via Cin:
> I read today that Windows 11 supports Linux programs with a GUI.
> https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/05/windows_11_in_detail/ about
> halfway down. Quote: <GUI Linux applications can be pinned to the
> taskbar and launched as if they were native Windows applications.>
> end quote.
>
> I strongly suspect you need to install a special Linux distro first,
> but has anyone been able to try it with the AppImage of CinGG? I have
> no Windows anywhere.
>
> MatN

Mat

First I have no knowledge or experience with this topic myselfe, but 
point on some related stuff.
(The closest I tried and looked at several years ago, was Cygwin on Windows)
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A practical guide to using AppImages on WSL2.
https://blog.dvmm.dev/a-practical-guide-to-using-appimages-on-wsl2

Run Linux GUI apps on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (preview)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps
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The above is not unlike the CLI installation in the Readme for Cin-GG. 
Additional, the appimage is "extracted",
something I noticed another person mentioned made his Appimage program 
faster on his Linux.
Possibly also AppImageLauncher works on the actual Linux distro on WSL2 ?
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The base looks to be WSL2  - Windows Subsystem for Linux -
a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on 
Windows systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

Then one or more of the several Linux distributions can be installed 
from Microsoft store:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/shop/apps?q=wsl
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Terje J. H