Philosophically?
I read your blog post and love any efforts at recognizing how powerful and capable 64-bit computers already were a decade ago.
Two quotes came to mind about WSL: "...like polishing a turd" and "puttin' lipstick on a pig".
Since Win XP, there's just nothing that can make it "usable".
Wouldn't the time employed at flushing it all out for something like Alpine, bring meaning and satisfaction to you??