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Discussion on: Setting up Arch Linux with KDE Plasma in Windows Subsystem for Linux 2

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Pololot64

I had fun making it! :) I had no idea that this had any coverage anywhere. Thanks for writing about it! It is good to know it is working for people. I only see download stats and get very little feedback (compared to the number of installs) so it is good to see tutorials that use it. Now I want to try to get KDE working haha.

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Steve Brown

Hey hey - I've also posted an article about how to use GWSL to run KDE on Artix on WSL2 ( No SystemD ). Pulseaudio support would be outstanding.

Also, is there any way to use WSL2's ssh (or Windows OpenSSH?) instead of PuTTY for remote SSH? All my servers use Public/Private Key Authentication and that's just a right royal pain with PuTTY :)

Fabulous project though - thanks for it!

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Pololot64 • Edited

I have not done it but with other SSH tools but it shouldn't be a problem. You just need to forward the remote display to GWSL's display. I do not know how off the top of my head though. And glad you like it!