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I would like to be able to run Linux programs (CLI, maybe GUI) in Windows 10 64-bit, and bonus would be nice to work in the Linux system itself (create files and folders, shell scripts). I used to do this with a virtual machine I installed Linux on, but running a virtual machine takes a long time and it consumes a lot of system resources. I would like to reduce resource consumption and reduce startup time.

What does not work for me:

  • Dual-boot (no simultaneous access to Windows and Linux)
  • RDP, VNC (I need offline version)
  • Cygwin (requires recompiling source code as far as I know, this takes time)
  • WSL2 (it's slow).

What is close to what I want:

  • coLinux and forks (nice, but does not support 64-bit Windows)
  • Wine (designed to run Windows programs on Linux, I would like the opposite)

Maybe I need something that works with Compatibility layer but I didn't find the right program in that list.

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    Could you clarify whether you were running WSL2 or WSL1 in your tests? What were you running in your tests? Was is a CPU, IO slowdown, or something else? Normally, they both should have close to native performance, unless the applications you're running need GPU acceleration and don't have access to it. Perhaps WSL1 could be a bit faster due to not having a hardware virtualisaton layer in between, but even then HW virtualisation should be pretty fast.
    – aitap
    Jan 20 at 15:43
  • Agree with @aitap. Unless you have a very slow or underpowered PC, WSL2 should run anything as fast as it would on native Linux, since it is native Linux. What specifically is your issue?
    – OldTimer
    Mar 13 at 6:37

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