21 ms·WSL2 uses a VM while WSL1 uses a Linux like interface over a system-call DLL.by exdsq 7y agoWSL2 uses a VM while WSL1 uses a Linux like interface over a system-call DLL.k__ 7y agoWSL2 sounds like a step back.zlynx 7y agoTheir other choice was to make Windows file IO actually fast. That just wasn't going to happen.