I tried WSL a few times but for real world every day development it's just not usable at all. The file mount performance is crippling slow. A Rails app takes 30

I tried WSL a few times but for real world every day development it's just not usable at all. The file mount performance is crippling slow. A Rails app takes 30+ seconds to see changes vs nearly instant on native Linux. If anyone is interested in running Linux on Windows in a way that's suitable for full time development then check out this screencast / blog post: https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/create-an-awesome-linux-development-environment-in-windows-with-vmware https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/create-an-awesome-linux-devel... I've been using this set up for many years. The pros of the above method are: - It's free - It's as fast as native Linux - It's actually Linux from end to end - You get independent floating Linux windows (graphical apps work) - You can still run your Windows apps - Works flawlessly with dual monitors - No need to dual boot - Takes about 15-20 minutes to set up your first time