I already tried it, but can't say it's worth the effort setting up. The performance was abysmal, so I went back to running Linux in a VM. A colleague reported the same experience.
Are there known issues that affect performance that can easily be fixed?
First of all, thanks for taking the time to mention this! To answer your question, there are a number of reasons why performance could be impacted, but my best guess without any context is that you are working on files across the file systems. Here is a resource that explains this issue in more depth. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/w...
The recommendation is to store files in the Linux file system if you are working in the Linux terminal. I will add this as a disclaimer in the article!
Thanks for the suggestion; though I did already dismiss that particular cause. In the end trying to get WSL working reminded me why I ditched Windows for development work in the first place. I much prefer Linux; so I guess I'll just stick with my VM :)
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I already tried it, but can't say it's worth the effort setting up. The performance was abysmal, so I went back to running Linux in a VM. A colleague reported the same experience.
Are there known issues that affect performance that can easily be fixed?
First of all, thanks for taking the time to mention this! To answer your question, there are a number of reasons why performance could be impacted, but my best guess without any context is that you are working on files across the file systems. Here is a resource that explains this issue in more depth.
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/w...
The recommendation is to store files in the Linux file system if you are working in the Linux terminal. I will add this as a disclaimer in the article!
Edit: the article has been updated.
Thanks for the suggestion; though I did already dismiss that particular cause. In the end trying to get WSL working reminded me why I ditched Windows for development work in the first place. I much prefer Linux; so I guess I'll just stick with my VM :)