Because, WSL is not a proper way to use / run Linux.

But you’re missing out on all the hate! I feel sorry for you. ;)

I see literally no difference between the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions except 2 shortcomings on Linux:

1. Camera support is abysmal and uses the lowest resolution
2. No echo cancellation, so I need headphones.

Both the Windows and Linux ones are wrapped web views.

The main reason for building it dedicated instead of as a browser tab is to easily identify it on my task bar as it’s own thing.

I have to build it from the AUR.

A very unwelcome surprise, too.

Reminds me of the old Gem desktop for DOS.

BTRFS for raid mirroring is fine, but any raid 5 you should steer away from.

I use is on VM’s and laptops all the time, wrapped with LUKS. I also like it for a home server, where I combine bcache (not bcachefs) with it, so I can have a 512g nvme cache in combination with two 16 TB spinning disks. Run tons of containers on it and it’s rock solid. The cache really helps the performance. It’s a file server, few web sites, a gitlab, a ghost host, nextcloud, media server, backup server, vm host, and more. And it’s chugged along great for 3 years.