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> Windows defender cripples WSL performance. It's a known issue. Hmph. I have a similar setup at home. I haven't noticed anything odd about WSL, but I just u
by ansible 8y ago
> Windows defender cripples WSL performance. It's a known issue.
Hmph. I have a similar setup at home. I haven't noticed anything odd about WSL, but I just use it for development (editing and compiling), but not any heavy-duty processing.
- nickjj 8y agoMy main set up is to run Docker for Windows, connect to it through WSL and volume mount code from a drive into Docker to do active development (Rails, Flask, Phoenix apps mostly). While I never ran Windows defender personally, a bunch of my students (I run a Docker course) who had Windows defender enabled said volume performance was disappointing on Windows. After they disabled defender, things were really good. If you Google around there's a lot of people who mention that. Improvements are being made, but I still don't want a tool actively scanning files while I'm trying to use my machine.