@Suiseiseki >As far as I am aware, microsoft has never released free software - the software is always proprietary in some way.
I disagree with this, I do believe it has always been in some way for their benefit, but there have been instances in that there weren't any chains attached.

>>I'm talking exclusively on the CLI which is what I only use.
>Are you talking about GNU bash?
I'm talking that it comes with the "ability" to open GTK/QT applications to work with as if they were just another Windows program. I have never got into that because I don't need it and I don't like it. Uploading a hideous picture as basic example.
That's what I meant with "only using CLI" -only using the POSIX based shell you setup on your WSL.