One of my friends is a real Linux fan, so I decided to try Ubuntu on a VM. I mostly enjoyed the experience, but it was very slow, which I assume is the fault VirtualBox, as my laptop has 16 gigs of ram and an i7 6500u. Partly out of a desire to make sure it works for me, and partly out of thinking "this would be cool," I downloaded the Windows subsystem for Linux. It has official support from Microsoft, and it is specialized for just one OS, so I figured that it would be faster and closer to the performance I can expect were it my primary OS. However, it is only the terminal, not the full DE. Anyway, I had some fun with text-based programs like Lynx, but wanted more. With a few guides from the internet, I downloaded an X server to Windows, and got Ubuntu to use that. Now I can run Ubuntu apps mostly natively, interacting with other windows just like regular programs. However, this still is not how I would use Ubuntu; I want a desktop environment. I ran
sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop and then startx,
but that didn't work, throwing the error "Fatal server error:xf86OpenConsole: Switching VT failed." Can anyone help?
P.S. I know I could run both OS's partitioned, but putting that aside, it would be very cool to run Linux apps inside Windows.