Dreams come true: Compiling and running linux apps on windows :)

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On Saturday, 6 August 2016 at 17:34:14 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
> Hi,
>
> there is a new feature with the recent windows 10 update.
> You now can compile and run your linux apps (console only) on 
> windows.
>
> The build script is working fine:
> curl -fsS https://dlang.org/install.sh | bash -s dmd
>
> The only thing you need is to install the build-essential 
> package
>> sudo apt-get install build-essential
>
> A simple hello world application is running fine.
> Network functionality not tested so far.
>
> Kind regards
> André

what are concret applications ?