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> native linux env

What did you mean by this?

> about WSL: it's awfully slow

Uh... it's equally as fast as emulating a Linux kernel on MacOS. MacOS does not support Linux programs natively (or Linux-based Docker containers). It's kernel is not Linux-based, it's commands are not Linux-equivalent. Only BSD-based software has a native compatibility layer, and even that is notoriously hit-or-miss.

I was under the impression that WSL2 runs on the actual hardware with only the hypervisor as overhead, and so it should run nearly as fast as the real thing. I haven't noticed particularly slow performance, but it could just be that I haven't looked into it enough.

WSL 2 itself is fast but any GUI tooling around it is slow. Vscode for example needs to start a remote server inside wsl to do anything.

` about WSL: it's awfully slow `

But as far as I remember, something like WSL isn't even possible on a Macbook, right?

Can you elaborate on what makes Windows a dumpster fire? Windows 11 looks promising