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Is there an alternative of WSL for Ubuntu?

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 4955 / 2 Years ago, fri, september 30, 2022, 5:23:13

Windows now has a subsystem for Linux, where you can try different distros as an application. With no virtual machine needed.
Is there something like that on Linux?

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answered 2 Years ago nnaisdio · Accepted Answer

In my opinion, you are looking for GNOME Boxes, which uses the cutting edge virtualization technologies as libvirt, libosinfo and qemu but makes the things easy.

Yes - it provides very limited configuration options, but literally said you can install a new operating systems in a virtual machine with about 5 clicks.

To install GNOME Boxes via apt run the following commands:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install gnome-boxes

Notes and references:

A little limitation: GNOME OS is supported only by the FlatHub version of GNOME Boxes.

Spice-space: Guest Tools Downloads

Chris Titus Tech on YouTube: Gnome Boxes - Installing Windows 10 on Linux