i always figured that wsl2 used something similar to show the "guest" drive in explorer (especially since it would also show up like a network drive). however

i always figured that wsl2 used something similar to show the "guest" drive in explorer (especially since it would also show up like a network drive). however it looks like they directly mount the virtual drive (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-mount-disk https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/wsl2-mount-dis...). this partially explains why it was so performant compared to sshfs.