Funny I was just wondering if you could run Wine on the Linux subsystem for Windows and run Windows apps in that environment. A complete waste of time and energy so little chance I will try.
The tricky part was the X11 server. X.org doesn't seem to work on the Linux subsystem, but there are a few X11 servers for Windows. If you install one of them, you can run Linux GUI programs.
But yes, there are better options. You can run Xming or other X server and configure it yourself. Or you can buy X410 in the app store, and then the only configuration needed is DISPLAY=:0 in your shell.
Testing across multiple .net frameworks without containers or virtual machines.
It's a lot faster to initiate an app inside wine on Linux then start up a VM and launch it on Windows. I think it's even faster than containers on Windows but don't have any data to back it up.
Lastly, for sandboxing applications (not a great security layer of course, but safer than running natively) so they don't pollute the registry or access sensitive files.
Wondering if it's possible to play dx12 games on older versions of Windows that don't officially support it.
Sadly, the Apple II emulator for Macs was real hardware.