I really like the GNU/k* notation; it highlights the separation between the kernel and the operating system in a very clear way. In this case it would be entire

I really like the GNU/k* notation; it highlights the separation between the kernel and the operating system in a very clear way. In this case it would be entirely accurate; Windows is standing on its head to look like a Linux kernel and does a pretty convincing job. Unfortunately for projects related to WSL, which ultimately challenge some of the 'defaults' people expect, there is a tension between the name that is accurate and one that people will understand. For example, people are so tied to the notion that Ubuntu is a Linux distribution that calling it anything else would be confusing, despite the reality that Ubuntu is an operating system that just happens to have Linux as a kernel most of the time.