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On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 03:11:50 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> I wonder if anybody is going to come out with a Wayland server for
> Windows as well ...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps

"Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) now supports running Linux GUI 
applications (X11 and Wayland) on Windows in a fully integrated desktop 
experience."

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/wslg-architecture/

The second article explains more about WSLg. Wayland was developed. 
XWayland is used for X programs.