Discover the hidden Linux kernel inside your Windows PC and how it can revolutionize your computing experience.

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WSL 2 offers a compelling alternative to dual-booting or running type 2 hypervisors for Linux on Windows. It runs a real Linux kernel inside a lightweight Hyper-V VM with minimal overhead, supports GPU para-virtualization (including CUDA for NVIDIA GPUs), and lets you use Linux CLI and GUI tools without leaving Windows. The author uses WSL 2 to run a Docker stack with Paperless-ngx and Ollama for local AI-powered document management, avoiding the pitfalls of dual-boot EFI issues and the resource contention of full VMs.

I stopped dual-booting Linux after discovering Windows' hidden kernel

I stopped dual booting by switching completely to linux.

I stopped dual booting when I discovered Windows is a spyware that hijacs your computer and make it Microsoft’s computer that you lease.

I occasionally need to work on a native Windows desktop app, and WSL2 makes Windows convenient enough that I just end up staying on Windows these days.
The JVM is suuuuper slow on native Windows, so I run everything inside WSL where it is almost as fast as on native Linux. I also run IntelliJ and my agents etc inside WSL - the built in X server stuff where you can run Linux GUIs in Windows also works well enough to not be annoying.

Hidden? It exists for a while, and its purpose is to get more ppl into Linux 😝
Stop dual booting, because Winblows is not an OS. It is a piece of so-called software that should be only reserved for historical studies about what abominations some humans come up with.