After researching, it seemed the two most popular options are: To run an X Window application, I needed to have an X Server installed and running on my Windows 10 machine. That was way overkill for what I wanted to accomplish, but reading through the post I learned/realized that if I had an X Server running on Windows, I could use GUI Linux terminal emulators “natively” on Windows! That opened up a ton of possibilities, and one of my favorite Linux terminals, Terminator, was now a possibility! Installing an X Server When I was about to give up, I saw a post on Reddit about someone who got XFCE working on WSL Bash. What I realized in my search and multiple trials was there just wasn’t a good Windows terminal emulator. Not gonna cut it for me (though I still do use Cmder regularly for when I need to run Windows cmd.exe) Linux Terminal Emulators I could never get mouse mode to work (scrolling or selecting panes), and resizing windows was problematic. Unfortunately, when I started using Tmux it became a problem. The closest I got, and one that I used for a while was Cmder: Love this app for managing remote connections (e.g.
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