[CaptainOfCoit]

> For some the distinction between the two is almost nothing as WSL is pretty seamless

WSL1 yes, but not WSL2, which the parent explicitly mentioned. WSL2 is just virtualization with a fancier name, might as well use VirtualBox and similar at that point.

[osigurdson]

While it is fundamentally a VM, it is far more seamless than running a regular VirtualBox.