[squidofbits]

Apart from the fact Linux has total customisability, a working search function, doesn't spy on its users, has programs to run Windows apps, isn't anti-consumer, and of course is free.

[sfifs]

Maybe you missed the part where I said I was Linux exclusive for a decade plus. For me the trade-offs aren't worth it anymore - I'm mainly interested in a Linux programming environment. I'm sure the trade-offs are different for others.

[de_watcher]

Linux programming environment is a desktop distribution. Maybe WSL has some part of it, but a VM is a VM.

[zihotki]

> VM is a VM If it runs fast so you can barely notice any difference with WSL2, does it really matters?

[de_watcher]

Hardware abstraction. AFAIK WSL2 also even uses a non-standard init system.