> and the Linux apps appear on the Windows Start panel. GUI's are explicitly not the focus of WSL, and WSL is not VM's - it's running native Linux code on top

> and the Linux apps appear on the Windows Start panel. GUI's are explicitly not the focus of WSL, and WSL is not VM's - it's running native Linux code on top of the Windows kernel. It is possible to run an X server on your windows and let your Linux gui binaries use that though.