Compiling on WSL2 would have terrible performance. WSL2 is just there to try to entice companies to say their developers shouldn't need to move to Linux or Mac. No one is seriously developing in WSL.
With WSL you can setup some docker containers or do some orchestration with Kubernetes and push it off to the cloud with minimal effort.
If you really want a full Linux environment you can spin up a VM in Hyper-V. WSL just makes it easier to do things where a VM is a hassle.
zed@ZED-PC:~$ sudo service docker start
* Starting Docker: docker [ OK ]
zed@ZED-PC:~$ sudo docker run hello-world
Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
b8dfde127a29: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:f2266cbfc127c960fd30e76b7c792dc23b588c0db76233517e1891a4e357d519
Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest
Hello from Docker!
This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.
sudo systemctl start docker
[sudo] password for u3332:
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID
1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
It's not a problem with Docker on WSL 2, but a problem with the way WSL uses its own init system instead of systemd, while some Ubuntu packages are packaged for a systemd system.
> Nowadays you can try:
> sudo service docker start
> when using WSL2, if you are running on windows version 2004 or higher (I assume).
Which is what I did in the listing above.
sudo service docker start
[sudo] password for u3323:
docker: unrecognized servicee:
ver
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.928]
e:
Everything except the service start, which I had to find in that StackOverflow thread. We've hit the max comment depth, so I couldn't response to you directly.
sudo service docker startdefine terrible. Compared to what ?
> No one is seriously developing in WSL.
A very strong statement. Do you have any proof perhaps ?
Terrible = significantly worse than a native Linux distro that doesn't use a file system integration layer.
> A very strong statement. Do you have any proof perhaps ?
Just experience working in the industry.
What filesystem integration layer?
> We recommend against working across operating systems with your files
https://nelsonslog.wordpress.com/2019/06/01/wsl-access-to-li...
Just run everything on the Linux kernel and compilation will be the same as on Linux. You do have a choice of where you put your files.