>When you say "proper Linux distribution", I assume that's still CLI only? Do you develop with e.g. emacs, vim on WSL, or do you have some IDE with remote running and debugging into WSL?

VScode directly connects to WSL. You can open folders/files with 'code <folder>' from the WSL terminal, save, run whatever from VScode etc.

As for Docker, you can also use the GUI from within Windows that automatically connects to WSL but admittedly I almost never use the GUI.