You can install Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) on Windows 10 and run GUI Linux apps in Windows. Microsoft initially was only going to support WSL1 on Windows 10 but at some point they decided to support WSL2.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install After installing WSL, use the set default version command to set it to 2. With WSL installed, you have bash in Powershell. Open a Powershell prompt (preferably Run as Admin, especially if you're going to be using sudo for Admin tasks in Linux) and type bash then enter to go to the bash shell. You'll need a multi core CPU with virtualization support and virtualization enabled in UEFI or BIOS. WSL2 works very well on a Ryzen 5 3600 6 core CPU with 32 gig DDR4. So far I've only installed GIMP and a few other things. Still have to figure out how to allow Linux apps access to USB devices so I can have my Canon LIDE scanner working with GIMP. On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 03:19:01 PM MDT, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: I have a system based on an i7-2600K CPU @ 3.4GHz with 16GB RAM and 2TB hard drive that used to run the 64 bit WIN-7. For the Windows side of things I have a newer system with WIN-10 that is ultimately upgradable to WIN-11. I have no desire to ever run WIN-11. But I have to have Windows simply to support what my clients want. I'm thinking it may well be time to set up a real workstation with Linux for email, browsing, writing, spreadsheets and CAD, etc. The last time I looked into this there was quite a variety of user interfaces. From Caldera, RedHat etc… What's currently the most supported user friendly Linux? _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
