I just did the same yesterday and was pleasantly surprised how far things have come (it's been ~15 years since I've done anything but game on Windows). WSL (bot

I just did the same yesterday and was pleasantly surprised how far things have come (it's been ~15 years since I've done anything but game on Windows). WSL (both 1 and 2) are both very polished, and configuring VS Code w/Remote WSL setup was very simple (Windows GUI + Linux dev environment). The hardest part for me was getting past the gut-wrenching fear of using Windows Store to install something, but the experience from Windows Store "Install" to Windows Terminal "Debian" shell was actually... enjoyable.