Windows 11 could seamlessly run graphical Linux apps

Date:
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:42:58 +0000

Description:
Were learning more and more about what Windows 11 will potentially offer from discoveries in that leaked build.

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Windows 11 comes complete with a fresh Display Driver Model thatll
facilitate the ability to run graphical Linux apps directly and seamlessly on the Windows desktop.

Windows Latest has been digging around in the leaked build of Windows 11 which has been the source of a lot of info over the last week or so, and
found that it includes support for WDDM 3.0 (Windows Display Driver Model). Windows 11 release date, news, and features How to speed up Windows 10 We
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This is a necessary component that allows for Microsoft to bring in WSL GUI support with Windows 11, in a feature thats called WSLg for short, and this
is also present in the leaked build.

We first saw it revealed at Microsofts Build developer conference back in 2020, with it being introduced for testing in a Windows Subsystem for Linux preview in April 2021. Seamless system

The ability to run Linux graphical apps via WSLg will be a major boon for developers, allowing them to fire up a Linux app right in Windows 11, whereupon the OS will start a companion Linux distro in the background complete with everything necessary to allow that GUI app to communicate seamlessly with Windows.

Furthermore, the running Linux app will be able to use the GPU for hardware acceleration, and audio (plus microphones) will be supported too, giving you the ability to use the microphone to record within the Linux app, for
example.

While this functionality is primarily aimed at the likes of developers and testers, its clearly a major string in the bow of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) thatll doubtless prove handy in a number of use cases when its official release comes.

As you may well recall, Microsoft is getting ready to reveal next-gen Windows tomorrow, June 24. We could even get some further indication of how WSL is pushing forward at that event. These are the best laptops of 2021



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