🖥️ WSL-Seamless

Seamless mode integration for WSL - Access Kali & Windows Simultaneously 🚀

Steps to Use 📝

1. Install Kali-Linux in WSL on Windows:

wsl --install --distribution kali-linux

• Activate it by entering wsl in the command prompt and setting up a username and password.
• If you have multiple distros, set Kali-Linux as your default:

  wsl --set-default kali-linux
  

• Install kex

  wsl
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install -y kali-win-kex

2. Download the .bat file:

• Grab it from here and save it to your desired location.

3. Install VcXsrv:

• Download from SourceForge.
• Allow it through your firewall:
  • Press the Windows key, search for 'Firewall and Network Protection'.
  • Go to 'Allow an app through firewall' -> 'Change settings'.
  • Click 'Allow another app', navigate to your VcXsrv install path (default C:\Program Files\VcXsrv) and select the vcxsrv file.
  • Choose the tickbox for public/private networks as needed.

4. Start the .bat File:

• Double-click the .bat file whenever you want to start or restart it.

5. Adjust the Taskbar:

• Right-click the menu bar, choose 'Panel' -> 'Panel Preferences'.
• Adjust the length slider for a better fit and disable 'Lock Panel' for movement.
• Remove unwanted icons via the 'Items' tab.
• Move the taskbar by dragging the dotted area on its sides.

How I size mine:

📸 Example sizing

• I have provided my xfce4-panel.config file in this repo so you can copy/paste it if required.

🖥️ Code (seamless.bat)

• Essentially the code will create a config file used in xlaunch (vcxsrv)
• Then it will stop any current vcxsrv processes and any WSL kex processes
• Finally it will relaunch them fresh.

🐛 If you have errors

• A common error you might encounter is adjusting the height of the kali taskbar. If you increase the size and it crashes/wont open again, you will need to edit the file inside your WSL

  nano ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml

1. Near the top you will see a line like thiis:

         <property name="size" type="uint" value="28"/>

2. You will need to change that value= preferably to something under 34 to ensure it works again correctly.

Credits ⏬

• https://github.com/Dark2M00n Came up with it together.