I recommend enabling WSL, installing your favorite distro from the Windows store and giving it a try. I think you'll be surprised by what WSL CAN do and the scenarios in which it's more useful than a full VM.

Distros running on WSL also consume FAR fewer resources (esp. memory) compared to full VM's, so runs well alongside all your usual tools.

It doesn't (and wasn't designed to) replace a full Linux instance, but often goes ~80% of the way towards meeting the every-day needs of a lot of developers who just need their code to build and run locally.

YMMV.