WSL 1 attempts to bridge all of the Linux system APIs over to Windows ones. WSL 2 spins up an entire Linux VM. Both come with nontrivial compromises when it com

WSL 1 attempts to bridge all of the Linux system APIs over to Windows ones. WSL 2 spins up an entire Linux VM. Both come with nontrivial compromises when it comes to interop Powershell seems like it tries to change some things up for the "better", but what I really want is something where a person who's used to Unix can just pop into Windows and hit the ground running with all the basic stuff without having to learn a "new" shell first