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-====== BASH - Run graphical Linux applications ======
-To have BASH run graphical apps a X server is needed.
-This is basically the same technique people would use to run graphical Linux desktop applications over a network.
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-===== Install an X server =====
-The [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/|Xming X Server]] for Windows works well for this, although there are other X servers for Windows and they should also work.
-Download and install it on your Windows 10 PC to get started.
-You can just use the default settings and it’ll work fine.
-Launch Xming and it will appear in your system tray, running in the background and waiting for you to launch a graphical Linux program.
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-==== Launch applications from Ubuntu’s Bash shell ====
-Install a graphical app.  For example, the Linux version of Firefox from Ubuntu’s repositories:
->code bash
-sudo apt install firefox
-</code>
-Once you’ve installed the program, you can specify the X server and then launch the application.
-For example, to launch Firefox, run the below commands. (To launch another graphical application, just specify its name instead of “firefox.)”
-<code bash>
-export DISPLAY=:0
-firefox
-</code>
-Assuming you’re running an X server like Xming on your Windows PC, the graphical application should run.
-It may not run as speedily—applications can’t use direct rendering to run on your hardware directly.