Reasons to use WSL2 on Windows 11.

  1. Because you get 80% of the native performance of a platform with 80% of the performance of the platform it’s simulating. Duh doy!
  2. Bonus: Ransomware!
  3. Because Hewlett-Crapware is pre-installing it so it’s just there now along with other valuable software like “Get Office!” and McAfee.
  4. If Bitlocker gets cranky, you’ll be asked for your unlock key while Microsoft FastBoot has disabled your keyboard so you can’t enter it, and then you may lose your data in Windows and WSL.
  5. I hope this clears up any questions you may have had.

(From a joke I made on IRC. I bet I get banned from #windows on Libera Chat shortly.)