WSL2 on Windows
Discussions center on using WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2) as a Linux environment on Windows for development, debating its performance, stability, file I/O issues, and comparisons to native Linux.
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Why not WSL2 instead? It's a very smooth experience nowadays.
With WSL2, Windows is better, sad, but true.
There's always WSL ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WSL2 works great for me, you should check it out
Wasn't that mostly on wsl1?
Sounds like you’d enjoy wsl at work. Wsl1 is necessary for file system IO
WSL2 has almost everything you need if Windows isn’t enough
why WSL and WSLv2 hasn't been mentioned by anyone.
have you seen WSL ? Windows is very compelling for your laptop
No, bane of my life. It’s glitchy even with WSL2.