This is a guide for using Regolith and WSL together

How to install regolith-i3 on WSL2

1. Install WSL2 Ubuntu

wsl.exe --install

You can follow this tutorial

2. Install Vcxsrv (X server for Windows)

Follow this Sourceforge link: Vcxsrv

3. Install Regolith

On WSL, run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:regolith-linux/release
sudo apt install regolith-desktop-standard

4. Create launch files

• Copy the wsl/scripts folder onto your WSL home directory (Linux home)
• Copy the file windows/wslup.vbs where you want
• Modify the Linux.Ink so that it points to the wslup.vbs file

5. Configure WSL2

You'll need to disable the WSLg feature which is the official binding to run linux graphical apps into windows. Disabling it allows us to use the X server we just installed instead of WSLg. To do that, you can copy the windows/.wslconfig file in your Windows user directory.

5. Configure Vcxsrv for DPI (High resolution screen)

In case you have activated DPI in Windows (rescaling) because of a high resolution screen, you need to disable it in for the vcxsrv application. It will solve the blur problem on vcxsrv. Access the properties panel of vcxsrv.exe app and modify it like that:

6. Configure Regolith

You can set the DPI scaling you want in the Xresources file. Copy the wsl/regolith/config/regolith folder under ~/.config/. You can apply the custom regolith Github-dark theme by putting wsl/regolith/styles/github-dark under /etc/regolith/styles.

7. You're all set !

Here is what it should look like :