The goals of WSL2 compared to VirtualBox or HyperV are: * Lower memory use * Tighter integration with networking. i.e. it looks like it is running on localhos

The goals of WSL2 compared to VirtualBox or HyperV are: * Lower memory use * Tighter integration with networking. i.e. it looks like it is running on localhost. * Start/stops on demand, and much faster. * (easier) file system integration. i.e. you can easily get to your Linux files from inside Windows. So there actually are some points to WSL2. For me personally I couldn't get Docker (actually its networking) to work properly via WSL2 so I'm still on a VM. But at least it works. VSCode's remote working feature is fantastic too in this situation.