WSL allows me to work in linux simultaneously with windows without having to run a VM or some such thing. Also, I can easily share files back and forth. It's really super amazing for all sorts of development, and I highly recommend it. I prefer to use MobaXTerm which has an integrated, optimized X server, so I can use GUI applications when I need to. This is how I run RStudio Server, and it for the most part works excellently. I have the sweetness of the linux command line and RStudio all at once. I also use Conda environments for my R packages (etc.). It's really a great setup, and tons of developers and data scientists are using it. Unfortunately, RStudio doesn't seem to want to support it.