I gave WSL 2 [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10] a go in 2020 and initially thought it was great, but soon started to notice some issues. Some package installs just didn't play well, for example MongoDB, and
hyper-v
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2021 Linux VM Setup: Part 1 - How to install Ubuntu 20.04 on a laptop with Windows 10 Hyper-V
There's a few tricks to getting a Linux VM development environment working on a Windows 10 laptop properly, here's my process.