Why Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Has Become My Development Game-Changer

A few months back, if I had asked anyone how to test Linux-specific applications or just play around with Linux tools, the recommendations were always the same: dual-boot your system and install Linux alongside Windows, switch to Linux (probably Arch) completely, or run Linux in VirtualBox. I took this advice seriously when I started my sophomore year at university, and stuck with it until last semester. My Linux Journey: The Complete Switch From my second semester through my fifth semester, I completely switched to Linux and everything was working fine. I was learning the Linux environment, getting comfortable with the command line, and enjoying the development experience. But then I enrolled in an Information Security course that threw a wrench in my setup. The course had several assignments that were specifically designed for Windows: reverse engineering and patching Windows applications, testing and exploiting Event Tracer for Microsoft Windows, and other Windows-specific security