Making non-WSL Linux unusable for at least some applications is clearly the goal here. Microsoft isn't even hiding that at all as they even list it as a specif

Making non-WSL Linux unusable for at least some applications is clearly the goal here. Microsoft isn't even hiding that at all as they even list it as a specific goal of the directx related changes being pushed to mesa: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/in-the-works-opencl-and-opengl-mapping-layers-to-directx/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/in-the-works-opencl-a... > Make it easier for developers to port their apps to D3D12. For developers looking to move from older OpenCL and OpenGL API versions to D3D12