I bet he gets scammed over frequently by self-proclaimed Microsoft support staff.

There you go! Make sure you got a bingo sheet on hand - for all the BS they state in their presentation.

https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/GS06?source=%2Fhome

Does it run DOOM?

This is so true. Most of the tools justifying the use of WSL aren’t even supported. Either because of technical limitations or because of security concerns.

Pro tip: Omit the dot . before the / to make sure you cleansed the language pack thoroughly.

You don’t need functional hardware to run Linux. It just runs on anything.