It seems WSL1 isn't going away for now, so you can keep using that. WSL1 and 2 can be run side-by-side, isn't that pretty good? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-u

It seems WSL1 isn't going away for now, so you can keep using that. WSL1 and 2 can be run side-by-side, isn't that pretty good? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-faq#what-will-happen-to-wsl-1-will-it-be-abandoned https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-faq#what-w... Also, it seems the Intellij team is working on supporting WSL2 in some ways. Check their issue tracker. Ex: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-197573 https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-197573