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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by Scarbutt on Monday May 19, 2025 @05:19PM (#44034979)
Also, systemd is still pretty sketchy. It takes over 2 minutes for systemd services to start and if you close a WSL 2 terminal for just a few minutes systemd will delay a new terminal from opening for quite some time. This basically means disabling systemd to use WSL 2 in your day to day.

That doesn't sound good. I was planning to set up a Windows/WSL2 box, but this gives me second thoughts. Where can I read more about this?

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by nickjj on Monday May 19, 2025 @05:59PM (#44035350)
It's still ok even without systemd. Technically systemd is disabled by default, you have to turn it on with systemd=true in /etc/wsl.conf.

I can't find a definitive source with an open ticket but if you Google around for "WSL 2 systemd delay startup" you'll find assorted folks talking it about with a number of different reasons.

I just went by my end results of there is a delay with systemd enabled and no delay with it disabled.

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