This is an x-server application for Windows. I shall proceed on the assumption that you already installed Ubuntu on your Windows machine.
In this article, we are going to learn step-by-step how to install and run the Ubuntu desktop, including how to display it atop your Windows installation. Most Linux power users including programmers, database administrators and security experts like to use the command line interface and that’s mostly okay for them, but not at all for most newbies who are usually just curious Windows users.
I am quite sure that some of you, after installing Ubuntu or some other flavour of Linux, have realized to your chagrin that it does not come with a Graphical User Interface that you can use. In this how-to guide, I will describe the simple steps for installation of the latest version of MATE desktop on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10 and Fedora 22-24.