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Just installed Xming, "apt install xfce4-terminal".

DISPLAY=:0.0 xfce4-terminal &

After that, it about 90% of typical Unix setup with all the control key bindings for copy-paste, etc.

I wish WSL 's bash environment can run windows programs/utilities like Cygnus.

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It can run windows programs as of the Fall Creator's Update, and you can also run WSL stuff inside a Powershell window.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/interop

Good to know. Thanks

I tried insider for a few months and found the frequent updates too much, have some stability issues and stop it. Maybe it is a good reason to to start it again.

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