WSL run linux from windows without spawning a cmd-window

Question

I have WSL bash running in a cmd. I don\'t use it for anything, it just hangs there to keep the WSL system alive.

When I start X applications:

bash -         


        

Answer 1

So I just made this workaround for now. I really hope that there's a better way than this, but here it goes:

In the command prompt that lives purely to keep WSL alive, I have this script running:

wsl_run_server

#!/bin/bash
set -e
nc -kl 127.0.0.1 15150 | sh

And then I have this command to execute commands in background:

wsl_run_command

if ! pidof -x bin/wsl_run_server; then
    echo wsl_run_server isnt running!
    exit 1
fi
echo \($@\) \& | nc localhost 15150

from windows I then call:

bash -c "DISPLAY=:0 ~/bin/wsl_run_command xmessage hello"