New user - is incus basically tied to command line use at present?

You can run GUI applications inside of Incus containers with a few tricks.
This has been brought up a number of times for different use cases ranging from running a web browser to running Steam games. One relevant thread would be Running X11 Software in Incus Container? - #5 by NetSpasibo79

Alternatively you can also run a full VM which then gets its own graphics card and desktop environment, but that’s obviously much more heavy weight.