Windows 10: Running cron on WSL 2 Ubuntu constantly takes 10-12% of CPU resources

Hi,


Just trying to become familiarized with WSL 2, I downloaded Ubuntu from Microsoft store and it is working so far great.

I was thinking perhaps it is more convenient to run various periodical tasks as cron job than Windows Task scheduler, it is just not easily manageable for me, crontab notation is simpler and user friendly, I think... but when the cron is enabled with `sudo service cron start` CPU resource utilization jumps around 10 to 12% and constantly using up the resource and sit there.


I am wondering this is an expected behavior, is there a way to minimize the resource utilization?


Any input would be highly appreciated,

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