That has finally happened and the next version of WSL2 will automatically include and set up everything that's needed to launch and run GUI Linux apps without any intermediate steps.

However, GUI support isn’t scheduled to arrive until later this year, likely with the Windows 10 Fall 2020 Update (or whatever Microsoft settles on for a name).

With the release of the Windows 10 Insider build 18945, the Windows Subsystem for Linux version 2 now supports the ability for Windows 10 applications to connect to WSL2 apps via localhost.

WSL2 runs the actual Linux kernel and includes new features such as Docker Desktop support for hosting WSL2 environments. During 2020, WSL will also support the operation of Linux GUI applications.

On April 21, 2021, Microsoft announced the release of Windwos 10's Insider Preview Build 21364. This build allows you to run Linux GUI applications using Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2 ...

Hello everyone, I became interested in WSL2 when looking for a bash environment on my windows desktop for web and python development. Now from my understanding WSL2 is tied to the Windows NT ...

Microsoft says support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) distros can now be added to any machine running Windows Server 2022 by installing this month's Patch Tuesday updates.

The pre-release version of WSL2 that had been bumped to a more modern 6.6 kernel has been rolled back to the older kernel due to unspecified issues to debug.