I tried my best to use WSL but ran into a never ending list of issues 'this is a known issue with WSL' or 'known to not work with WSL, try updating to WSL2' whenever I tried to use fairly common tools. A lot of things like React Native with Expo was still extremely flaky/impossible to use.
Setting up ConEmu with WSL2 is still painful and WSL/WSL2 still freezes randomly.
Ultimately I just installed Linux on an external SSD and it worked like a charm. Bye bye WSL
No experience with Conemu and WSL, but Windows Terminal [1] provides smooth experience.
WSL2 has a completely new approach than WSL1, so compatibility is better.