This is pretty cool. I've been using VcXsrv to run an X server on the windows side so that I can pop open gui Linux tools (setting the DISPLAY variable manually

This is pretty cool. I've been using VcXsrv to run an X server on the windows side so that I can pop open gui Linux tools (setting the DISPLAY variable manually to {windows host IP}:0) The two remaining glitches here are harmonizing file system support across both domains (its fine if you are in the Linux domain and reach over and get or put files into the Windows domain, but the other direction has "issues". And some sort of USB support so that devices can be handled in either domain easily[1]. Mostly I find it is an easy way to use my Linux work flow on a machine that for other reasons has to have Windows on it. Overall the impact is lower than it is if I run an actual VM. [1] Recently discovered that a windows executable running on the Linux side can "see" the USB stuff so running dfu-util works from the Linux side.