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This is an update for https://trzeci.eu/configure-graphic-and-sound-on-wsl/

New version of WSL brings lots of fixes and updates: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2017/04/11/windows-10-creators-update-whats-new-in-bashwsl-windows-console/.
Unfortunately it’s still impossible to play a sound out of the shelf. The major problem is connected to the lack of direct support for audio devices. The solution is to use PulseAudio, what creates a server on Windows host, and this server plays a sound what is passed from Linux.

The problem with this solution is that it’s not supported:

Thanks to @therealkenk we can pull modified library for Ubuntu 16.04, like it was possible for 14.04: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/486#issuecomment-299682364

Demo

In the following part I will present Base setup, what’s needed to do required steps manually, further you can find “Installation script” what does everything automatically, please choose wisely.

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