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I'm using Linux at home and have to use Windows at work.

In order to simplify my life, I've installed Ubuntu on Windows using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2. It's great, with the terminal and all the apps I'm used to.

However, it seems rather sluggish, to the point that even neovim is slow; e.g. deleting a line from a buffer with 100 lines takes a noticable amount of time (just under a second I guess).

Is this expected?

If no, what can I do for troubleshooting?

If yes, are there faster alternatives?

Many thanks

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  • There is a known bug (link) when using /mnt/* folders. If this is your case, try using the /home/username folder.
    – harrymc
    Commented May 8, 2023 at 15:22

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For anyone passing by:

I was using Windows Terminal to interact with WSL2 ubuntu. I changed it to using Alacritty, and now it's much better.

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I had the following clipboard functionality enabled in my config file:

opt.clipboard = "unnamedplus"

Removing it and using the default clipboard behaviour fixed by problem.

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