> Web development on Windows has been like surfing for those of us doing Java and .NET web development, since like ever.
This similitude baffles me. Do you mean "had to wear protective equipment, had to drive constantly between locations, we were knocked over every few seconds, and we risked drowning several times"...?
It means riding the top wave while enjoying the Sun, hearing the cool background music coming from the loudspeakers on the beach, and feeling like a champion.
2006 was for me the turning point where Linux was only used via VMs or some remote box.
WSL2 is just fine, I don't need to mess with VMWare any longer.
And if I am not doing Linux deployments, I can do plain Windows development, like I have done since Windows 3.0.
For the Linux desktop experience I have a surviving ASUS netbook.