I’ve got an image noise reduction app that I simply can’t get working under linux, and that I can’t find an equivalent tool for under linux.

I’ve tried VMs and wine and none of them work. My web searches haven’t encountered anyone that can make it work either.

So, I’m at the point where I may need to boot in to windows to do my noise reduction. However, I would really love to be able to access my existing linux install via a VM or the like when I do so, so that I can access my daily driver software (which is all linux) whilst I’m in windows.

Is such a thing possible?

  • mormund
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    16 hours ago

    I think directly booting an existing Linux with WSL2 will be either impossible or really tricky.

    But what you can definitely do is mount your existing disk under a fresh WSL2 install https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-mount-disk . You could then try to chroot into it maybe. But don’t get your hopes up too high. WSL integration with GUI apps is okay but not comparable to a native experience.