WSL has been really amazing for our team. All our devs are on Windows systems and are staging & production are on Linux. Having a system identical to what's going to be in prod has saved us many hours of effort.
I only use Windows for games nowadays
And yes, I think it's a bit silly. But WSL has helped us comply with the business/security requirements while still using (IMO) better dev tools and workflows that Linux provides.
That's my fear about pushing for a Linux workstation. :-\
In the past, when I worked at companies like that, you could still stick the IT garbage laptop in a drawer, and then BYOD for development work (which is what I did...)
That way, the board gets the conflict-of-interest software license slush money, and the developers can do their jobs. Win-win.
Brilliant. Its like something straight out of The Hitchhikers Guide.