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If someone could make Windows applications render on an X Server I'd be so happy.

On some Windows versions (Enterprise and Server) you can do that with RemoteApp, a Terminal Services RDP extension, easily managed with this tool: https://github.com/kimmknight/remoteapptool (or through registry)

I understand your request to be: Run Applications on Windows, and get the output over network to a Linux machine running a graphical window manager, without having to "transport" a desktop surrounding your program.

That's what Wine does (and it often works surprisingly well).

I run Windows applications that require USB hardware, and Wine does not support USB devices. so I was hoping for native Windows execution rendered to an X Server.

Well, native windows executing under Xorg is what Wine tries to offer.

It just "not complete" yet.

Run windows in a VM with USB pass through?

this is what I do. It works for a lot of USB devices, but not always.

I can't tell if you guys are joking... are you seriously suggesting:

windows kernel > WSL > proprietary x-server clone > WINE > windows apps

This is madness

I'm not ZetaLemur, but I don't believe he was suggesting what you are interpreting into this suggestion.

I believe he means: "If at all possible, run your legacy windows-only applications on local Linux running on real Hardware with WINE"

Yes, that's what I had in mind.

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