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WSL
Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2016–2025), in 11 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Hard to find the directory where the WSL Linux environment livesUnreviewed
20162026- WSL files are hard to reach from Windows search and apps2024-02-27
- Can't find WSL built in, unclear which distro or version to install2023-06-27
- Hard to find the directory where the WSL Linux environment lives2016-11-17
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 12 complaints
- Multi-line paste adds stray ^M characters, requires awkward workaround shortcut2025-04-21
- WSL files are hard to reach from Windows search and apps2024-02-27
- Can't find WSL built in, unclear which distro or version to install2023-06-27
- Most commands have about 500ms overhead, making the terminal feel slow2019-12-23
- Focus doesn't land on startup, and after clear and ls the text disappears2019-12-23
- Filesystem is much slower, a problem when compiling native software2019-10-23
- Multi-second typing latency makes the terminal unpleasant to use2019-03-20
- WSL filesystem is quite slow for the commenter's work2018-05-29
- Copy-paste only works via mouse menu; labeled keyboard shortcuts don't work2018-04-23
- Common operations take 10-15 seconds in WSL, far slower than in a Linux VM2017-02-23
- Bash shortcut doesn't start a login shell, so .profile doesn't run2016-12-02
- Hard to find the directory where the WSL Linux environment lives2016-11-17