Ubuntu on Windows

> Can open the Windows Start menu

> And type "bash" [enter]

> Which opens a cmd.exe console

Right... Bash is a shell, but your interaction with it is controlled by a terminal program. Unless there are some real changes to cmd.exe t̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶m̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶i̶v̶e̶ . You can compile a native bash and other utils now yourself, it's not that hard.

EDIT: It's more like a Linuxulator from BSD, which is certainly cool.