On the one hand, they really seem earnest about wanting to make Windows 10 appealing to people like me who fled Windows for Unix-alike systems long ago.
I tried Ubuntu on Windows 10, and found it too wonky. I switched over to running Xubuntu in VirtualBox!
It feels like there's different groups inside MS that are working from fundamentally incompatible premises
Xubuntu is lovely, but for the last year I've been on i3/IceWeasel/urxvt exclusively. So much faster and more convenient than clicking and dragging around all the time.
When friends want to use my desktop I change my DE to XFCE for a sec. I also still use the XFCE login screen (because it's easy to install, it works and you get per-user DE defaults).
I tried Ubuntu on Windows 10, and found it too wonky. I switched over to running Xubuntu in VirtualBox!
It feels like there's different groups inside MS that are working from fundamentally incompatible premises
It's always been like this.