# Native Windows vs WSL2

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/native-windows-vs-wsl2/113468>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [April 24, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/native-windows-vs-wsl2/113468 "2024-04-24T16:24:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![hros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@hros](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/hros)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/native-windows-vs-wsl2/113468/1 "2024-04-24T16:24:00Z")

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There is a comparison of Julia running either natively in Windows vs in WSL2 (Ubuntu) from approximately four years ago ([link1](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/simple-benchmarks-to-run-to-test-wsl2-vs-windows-native/40343), [link2](https://olejorik.github.io/post/juliawsl/))

Has the situation changed? or is there still a significant performance gap in favor of WSL2?  
Additionally, are there packages that are unavailable to the Windows version?