How to install Windows 11 WSL2 GUI App

(1) If you have unspported hardware, please follow this guide to install Dev Channel Preview of Windows 11 -> update-any-pc-to-windows11

(2) After installed Windows 11 Preview, Start Windows Terminal (install from Microsoft Store) in Administrative Role. The following commands are entered using Windows Terminal with elevated admin rights.

(3) wslconfig /u ubuntu # if wsl already installed previously in Windows 10 and want to remove old ubuntu distro

(4.1) wsl --update # if wsl already installed previously in Windows 10 and needs update to WSLg

(4.2) wsl --shutdown # wsl needs to be restarted after update

(5) wsl --install -d Ubuntu # this will install WSLg on Windows 11 and the new Ubuntu 20.04 instance

(6) sudo apt install audacity # this will install audacity linux gui app for ubuntu

(7) Use Windows search function to search for Audacity (Ubuntu) App to start the linux GUI App under Windows 11.

(8) You can even install and run Chrome, Edge, or Teams under Ubuntu on Windows 11 with WSLg.

(9) To install flatpak for GUI App

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sudo apt install flatpak # add repo flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo # search app and install flatpak search gimp flatpak install flathub org.gimp.GIMP