Not OP, but WSL1 is still much more performant in some areas, like lower memory ...

freedomben 52 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem

Not OP, but WSL1 is still much more performant in some areas, like lower memory use, startup times, quicker windows file access. I haven't used WSL1 in quite some time but I believe it's also still fully supported so use what's better for your use case