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In my experience, WSL2 works like a dream. I have nothing but good things to say about it.

WSL1 was sort of clunky and slow but I feel no difference from using native Linux in WSL2. Plus, the VS Code integration for it is spectacular.

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Second that. I was tepid on WSL on initial release, but recently decided to try a full switch after hearing good things and I'm glad I did. You're literally using a full Linux distro, it's really fast, and it even has neat integrations with windows like allowing use of windows explorer if you're inclined. And it's totally seamless to use with vscode.

Remote VS Code for WSL feels sometimes clunky to me.

Another option: running Emacs as GUI App in WSL.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/wsl-tutorial

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-...

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