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WSL1 was kind of amazing, IIRC it attempted to map all unix calls to their windows equivalencies. But there were edge cases and bugs when it just had serious problems. WSL2 came in, and is basically a simple local container. it isn't a buggy mapping, it is Ubuntu (or whatever you want to run).

Once i moved over; 99% of my (non time SKU related) quirks went away, and it's only vaguely heavier. Honestly, as a terminal-creature, I prefer WSL2 + Apt to OSX + Homebrew as my macs always tend to turn into a local package nightmare and I'd end up wasting a day/mo untangling. My WSL feels pristine still ~20mo later, and I know i could wipe and recreate it in ~30m if I needed to (but i haven't felt a need).