WSL2 Ubuntu and today I installed Linux Mint with VMWare to play around a bit and I like it.

Yeah. The M1 is great, don’t get me wrong but it wasn’t doing it anymore for my big software projects.

On the contrary.

I made the same switch OP, and went from M1 Pro to 14700K. It’s night and day. DDR5 6800 here.

You’ve done something more than that, be honest.

I use Taiga, it fills my needs.