[GNC] Printer Problems

[Adrien Monteleone]

My understanding is that the new preferred method if you want a GUI linux distribution running on Windows 10 is to install Ubuntu (or whatever else is available) from the Windows store. This will install a VM using the built-in Hyper-V.

Otherwise, you could use Virtualbox or Vmware as noted. Using WSL to install GUI apps is definitely an ‘at your own risk’ proposition at present.

Regards,
Adrien


> On Jan 27, 2019, at 12:27 PM, Dean Gibson <gnucash.stuff at mailpen.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2019-01-27 06:45, David Carlson wrote:
>> ....
>> 
>> I would suggest either setting up a virtual computer with a recent Linux
>> version such as Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04, or acquiring an older machine from a
>> computer recycler and putting Linux on it for GnuCash as well as other
>> basic compu[t]er needs.
>> 
>> 
>> David C
> 
> I don't know if this will help anyone, but if anyone is running Windows 10 x64, there is a new feature addition to Windows 10 called "Windows Subsystem for Linux" ("WSL") that you can enable, & then install (free) Linux distributions from the Microsoft Store: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
> 
> The install is absolutely trivial.  Ubuntu 16.04 & 18.04 distributions are available, but I've installed Debian, & run some fairly complex bash scripts without a problem.
> 
> That having been said, WSL is supported & primarily intended for running command-line programs, although some have been able to run a Linux GUI on it: https://askubuntu.com/questions/993225/whats-the-easiest-way-to-run-gui-apps-on-wsl-as-of-2018
> 
> All that having been said, I have no idea if WSL supports printing. I doubt it, but I thought I'd throw this out as a possible alternative to running a VM.  WSL is much more "lightweight" than a VM, but takes a LOT less resources.