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WSL2 makes Windows feel subtly slower and it's driving me crazy
Been running WSL2 daily for a while now, and I'm pretty convinced it quietly degrades the overall Windows experience. Nothing dramatic, nothing in Task Manager—just a bunch of small "huh, that's weir...
Every file operation has to cross a translation layer between the Linux and Windows file systems. For file-heavy workflows (like running git status, npm install, or using file watchers in webpack/Vite), this can make things 2x to 10x slower than when working from WSL2's native Linux filesystem.