WSL is not a replacement for Linux, WSL1 disk speed was on par with Windows but lacked a lot of Linux ecosystem commands translation, WSL2 is emulating a Linux Kernel and as such the filesystem is NOT NTFS and so way slower on disk access, that's way WSL2 explorer file integration is made as a netwok shared folder under the hood then there's also the lack of the best Linux goodies like BTRFS snapshots and RAM management that Windows is way way behind Linux Kernel.And for a developer the Linux package manager is a God sent, can't tell the same with WIndows!
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First and foremost you're entitled to your opinion.
Win 7 served the purpose for which it was chosen by many businesses.
Win10 is not an alternative to many of such.
Why do you think upgrading to win10 was done for free (at least) by Microsoft?
Nobody wants to pay for it, willingly.
At least Microsoft have realised, to some extent, that they can't make much money from selling win10 directly.
WSL is a life saver for win10.
WSL is not a replacement for Linux, WSL1 disk speed was on par with Windows but lacked a lot of Linux ecosystem commands translation, WSL2 is emulating a Linux Kernel and as such the filesystem is NOT NTFS and so way slower on disk access, that's way WSL2 explorer file integration is made as a netwok shared folder under the hood then there's also the lack of the best Linux goodies like BTRFS snapshots and RAM management that Windows is way way behind Linux Kernel.And for a developer the Linux package manager is a God sent, can't tell the same with WIndows!