# Windows is slower than WSL2 in loading GR, Preferences, Julia 1.9.0-beta2

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-is-slower-than-wsl2-in-loading-gr-preferences-julia-1-9-0-beta2/92623>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** gr, wsl2, preferences\
**Created:** [January 7, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-is-slower-than-wsl2-in-loading-gr-preferences-julia-1-9-0-beta2/92623 "2023-01-07T02:33:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![kristoffer.carlsson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/kristoffer.carlsson/32/22_2.png) [@kristoffer.carlsson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/kristoffer.carlsson)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/windows-is-slower-than-wsl2-in-loading-gr-preferences-julia-1-9-0-beta2/92623/5 "2023-01-12T13:43:52Z")

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I can not repro this:

Windows:

```julia
julia> @time_imports using GR
     13.0 ms Preferences
...
     46.5 ms GR 7.82% compilation time

```

WSL:

```julia
julia> @time_imports using GR
     12.1 ms Preferences
...
     39.0 ms GR 6.57% compilation time

```

Can you try clear out `.julia/compiled`, do a re-precompile and check again.

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