--- title: Microsoft keeps promising WSL will finally feel native,... description: A developer shares frustrations with WSL's persistent shortcomings in a home lab environment. Despite Microsoft's promises of a native Linux experience, WSL... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-keeps-promising-wsl-will-finally-feel-native-and-i-m-tired-of-waiting-cungsukbm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft keeps promising WSL will finally feel native, and I'm tired of waiting | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares frustrations with WSL's persistent shortcomings in a home lab environment. Despite Microsoft's promises of a native Linux experience, WSL... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-keeps-promising-wsl-will-finally-feel-native-and-i-m-tired-of-waiting-cungsukbm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CuNGsuKbM.png og:image:alt: Microsoft keeps promising WSL will finally feel native, and I'm tired of waiting og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft keeps promising WSL will finally feel native, and I'm tired of waiting **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares frustrations with WSL's persistent shortcomings in a home lab environment. Despite Microsoft's promises of a native Linux experience, WSL still suffers from unreliable networking (especially with Tailscale and suspend-resume cycles), slow cross-filesystem performance when accessing files via /mnt/c/, and memory leaks that require periodic restarts. While WSL handles simple tasks like SSH and rsync adequately, it falls short for complex home lab setups involving custom DNS, VLANs, and split-tunnel VPNs. The author wants basic fixes — memory management, networking stability, and better filesystem performance — rather than new features. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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