what do you mean? raw GPU compute from the host GPU has been available in WSL for a while now, and this is just a layer on top which allows access to the encod

what do you mean? raw GPU compute from the host GPU has been available in WSL for a while now, and this is just a layer on top which allows access to the encoding and decoding hardware on the card. They had to pick an API to expose, so they picked theirs. I guess I don't see the big deal, here. Nothing MS does for WSL will change anything that exists outside of WSL. There is no shortage of people who hate Microsoft on this site, or on the Internet in general, and I would be very surprised if any application of substance chose to both run on Linux and be Microsoft-only (WSL only). That seems so unlikely that it's almost not feasible for a logical human person to come to a decision like that. And if that happens, don't use that software, and protest their decision, just as you're doing here with WSL. Linux is far bigger than Microsoft, no matter what anyone thinks. And the percentage of Linux users and developers who hate Microsoft is very high. I just do not see the situation you're describing where there are Linux apps which only work in WSL. This hasn't even extended what Linux can do, it's just another way to do it.