If you're not using the latest distro (e.g. LTS) and don't want to compile programs from scratch, there are cases where it is easier to run the latest version of a program using the Windows version instead of the latest pre-compiled Linux binary due to requiring newer dependencies. Except for OpenGL issues that I haven't figured out yet, I found it easier to run the Windows Octave 7.3 on Ubuntu 22.04 with WINE.