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I think you should just write it for Linux. Since Windows has that Linux Windows Thing (I don't remember what it's called), it'll probably work there as well as long as you mark it as a dependency.
Wsl doesn't work well for graphical apps
I'll have to take your word for that. I thought that people got desktops running on it. But then I don't get to use windows very often.
Weird to recommend someone develop software for Linux then, on the basis that "it should Just Work ™️ in Windows because Windows has the Linux Windows Thing"
Lots of people do the exact opposite and nobody seems to find anything wrong with it.
You can but it requires heavy, HEAVY tinkering
So wine ends up being better than the Microsoft stuff. Not really surprising I suppose.
The goal of wsl is to run command line application for devs, and it's actually very good for that