WSL2 is analogue to coLinux and WSL1 is analogue to Cygwin. WSL2 is definitely what you want in place of coLinux. However, both have merit in what they can achieve depending on the circumstances. There is long thread on Github about the switch between the two, with many people asking to maintain both.

[1] - State of WSL1 · microsoft/WSL · Discussion - https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/discussions/4022#discussion...