[teraku]

WSL is just horribly slow for me. So I use Linux exclusively at home, but my work mandates Windows (although we now allow Mac, and with my next hardware change I might just switch over to Mac). So to get into the comfort of my trusted toolchain I use WSL at work. Our company lags behind windows updates, since they only install "trusted" versions, whatever that means, and thus I still have WSL1. I heard WSL2 brings a lot of performance improvements. And I really hope it does, WSL1 is soooo slow. Especially compared to my home setups. The friction is just so high still. So I believe if you come from Windows and want use Linux tools with WSL, I think you might find it comfortable for some, but it's a horrible introduction to Linux, since a lot of it will be slow and you'd think "oh Linux is just as bad as Windows, I'd rather stick to my guns".

[bzb3]

I remember trying to use wsl1 for WordPress development; it was so slow most pages would time out and I couldn't do anything.

[TheGreatCabbage]

I found that one of my Python programs, which performs heavy calculations, was actually faster in WSL 2 than when running natively in Windows.

I haven't tested it with WSL 1 though.

[virtue3]

WSL2 is -significantly- faster for most dev flows.