> There's also Windows Subsystem for Linux. You can get a full-blown OS like Ubuntu or SuSE that way. Well, that is, sans Linux kernel and sans X11.
You can use X11 applications if you install an X11 agent in Windows such as Xming. But it's not pleasant. I don't know if it's WSL or Xming at fault, but 2D performance in X is pretty abysmal.
I've run applications like gedit and evince on WSL with Xming. It's also fairly annoying that you cannot print from WSL applications, and to my knowledge you cannot access devices either (e.g. USB to serial adapter).
You can use X11 applications if you install an X11 agent in Windows such as Xming. But it's not pleasant. I don't know if it's WSL or Xming at fault, but 2D performance in X is pretty abysmal.
I've run applications like gedit and evince on WSL with Xming. It's also fairly annoying that you cannot print from WSL applications, and to my knowledge you cannot access devices either (e.g. USB to serial adapter).