Yes, by default the installer slices off a partition for linux and installs to that, it looks like another version of macOS to the boot picker

is WSL2 with GPU acceleration not an option?

In my case it wouldn’t be because I use VMWare Player to keep work stuff separate on my personal laptop. If I ever need to, I can just delete the VM and know that 100% of all work stuff has been removed.

Honesr questions, is WSL intended to run a full desktop environment, and does it still require workarounds to get systemd working?

WSL2 supports systemd out of the box for some time now. By default it is turned off.

In WSL2 you can run GUI applications as well.

Right, but "running GUI applications" isn't the only goal, I want to run a full desktop environment, in full screen.

I don’t think WSl is the choice of tool then.

Same, hence my question.