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Re:WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly by yakubin on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @07:45AM (#29160992)
> You can launch into a WSL shell in seconds without having to wait for a VM to spin up.

Serious question: how long does it take to spin up a VM on Windows then? Does it take seconds?

(Not disputing your other points.)

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Re:WSL2 can now mount Linux ext4 disks directly by tehbeard on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @08:09AM (#29161229)
For a "cloud image" I have in virtualbox (so no gui) for testing cloud-init/ansible, about 15-20 seconds.

WSL1 takes about a second, and I'm pretty sure most of that is the init script that spits out network/update info.

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